[Disambiguator]

I found this unsettling: “NEW: Poll finds 67 percent of Americans say Constitution grants right to own gun.”

The poll is worded wrong. The Bill of Rights in the Constitution does NOT grant any rights, it recognizes them as pre-existing. There is a huge difference. Pollsters are ignorant of this fact, in all likelihood.

[takenoprisoner]

“The Bill of Rights in the Constitution does NOT grant any rights, it recognizes them as pre-existing. There is a huge difference. Pollsters are ignorant of this fact, in all likelihood.”

One has to wonder where we would be today had our Constitution not recognized them. Indeed, our rights are taken for granted Still, communities like Chicago, LA, DC amongst others have denied them. I figure were it not for our Constitution recognizing them in the beginnning, we would likely have few if any pre-existing rights rights remaining whether recognized or granted.

[Gondring]

The poll is worded wrong. The Bill of Rights in the Constitution does NOT grant any rights, it recognizes them as pre-existing. There is a huge difference. Pollsters are ignorant of this fact, in all likelihood.

As are some FReepers and Supreme Court Justices... Check out the followups to this (#1027).