>> It already means what it means. There’s nothing self-righteous about that.
With all due respect — to offer a circular justification that satisfies yourself (”it means what it means”), while ignoring the simple FACT that many in “government” read the same sentence and find the wiggle room to implement a totally DIFFERENT meaning then the one intended by the Founders, is not only self-righteous, it’s also a little bit delusional.
I apologize for beating this to death, however: we’re in heated agreement about what the 2nd amendment actually means!
Ever since the Marshall court the Constitution’s words don’t “mean what they mean”, but they mean what the majority on the USSC want them to mean based on their own personal philosophy.
Leftists love this idea of the great philosopher kings telling us how we will live. They all envision themselves as being part of the enlightened.