Posted on 06/06/2015 1:33:53 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
A new Pew Research Center report states that 52 percent of Americans support gun rights, the highest percentage in the last two decades. Yet the gun rights that they believe are guaranteed by law may very well be an illusion..
That's because we have allowed lawyers instead of language professionals to interpret the Constitution of the United States.
Ask any high school English teacher to parse the Second Amendment, and they will say that it does not prohibit common-sense restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns, in spite of the National Rifle Association's claim to the contrary. The proof lies in the amendment's exact language "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."
Literally, it means that the American people will retain the right to carry weapons as members of a state militia in order to safeguard their freedom.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Ask any lawyer to illuminate English professors on Marbury vs. Madison (1803) and they'll point to the foot high letters engraved and gilded on the entryway foyer of the United States Supreme Court which reads:
Must be a public school teacher. He’s not aware that the men who wrote the 2nd amendment explained what they meant by it?
"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." Period.
Or well-drilled? During the Black Hawk War in which Lincoln participated, the local men who mustered used their own weapons, if they had any, during the drills.
There is support for this interpretation in the discussion of the standing army in the Federalist Papers.
The professor intentionally misuses the word “militia” in order to confuse the issue among the LIVs.
By opening his dictionary, which any English professor should be able to do, he will discover that “militia” in 18th century lingo means the body of men eligible for military service...that is all able bodied men between say 18 to 65.....
Furthermore a simple read of the “Militia Act” passed by congress about that time echo’s the same understanding of “militia” as the “unorganized” militia.
Sorry but “well regulated” is more properly read as “proficient” or well trained”....When I see the word “regulated” in older texts I always think of the “regulator” clocks of old that kept accurate time.
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