[Misterioso]

The answer is NO. The 2nd amendment recognizes the right to bear arms but does not bestow that right. Understanding the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is the responsibility of every American citizen. Eric Holder should be impeached for not defending them.

[Repeal The 17th]

USA Today:
“...Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms?...”
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Misterioso:
“...The answer is NO...”
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You are exactly right.
We were endowed by our creator with that right.
The 2nd amendment is supposed to guarantee it.

[Loyal Sedition]

You are correct, but failing to vote Yes will only harm ourselves.

“USA Today” is primarily aimed at the fifth grade reading level “Average American”, not those who paid attention in school.

When they do not get the desired result the “Poll” will be buried or remain unpublished.

[fretzer]

>The answer is NO. The 2nd amendment recognizes the
>right to bear arms but does not bestow that right.

I couldn’t agree more. Unfortunately, that fact is beyond the comprehension of most liberals.

[Coleblue]

Agreed, if that distinction was offered in the question. I will always say that the 2nd supports the individual’s right to bear arms. When was the last time anyone in the MSM made any useful distinctions?

[Elsiejay]

“The 2nd amendment recognizes the right to bear arms but does not bestow that right.” -——————

Well and rightly said!! The Bill of Rights defines or states rights that inhere in the person of each human being, and which the State (government) is obliged to defend, as are we all. No document of human composition “gives” or confers” rights. Our Declaration of Independence identifies the source of our innate rights.

[G Larry]

Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Perhaps you are troubled with the distinction between “bestow” and “recognizes”, as it relates to the actual words contained in the 2nd Amendment?