In this sense, the people get to "keep" their arms, but not as their personal property at all times.
Very quaint thinking, I suppose.
-PJ
Riiiight, Mr Beyer.
And the “right of a free press” doesn’t include radio, T.V and the internet because it’s not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.
Not to mention, abortion, gay marriages and government sponsored healthcare!
Stupid fool!!!
The quote said a well regulated militia... not a well armed militia... and well regulated meant one that was well attended and everyone got out and practiced... not regulated in the modern sense of the word.
Come and take it, Judge Breyer.
Exactly right.
And if the Federal Government did that we would no longer have individual sovereign states but would have a national government.
We will put in the Constitution an amendment which says Congress can't do that. It cannot call up and disband the state militias. Why? Because a well-armed militia is necessary for the security of a free state, i.e. a state militia."
He conveniently leaves out the part about “the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”.
But for Breyer the people means individuals everywhere in the Constitution EXCEPT the Second Amendment.
I CCW and have other guns, when my grands come over ALL of them go into the gun safe, and the key in my pocket! If you don't own a gun safe, empty the gun, hide all ammo and the gun in difficult high places. And keep eagle eyes on where the kids are.
Tipton county is closest, we've had 4 murders this year. That is 4 more than we've had is 10 yrs.
Justice Breyer,
Justice Scalia did a thorough job of scholarship on this topic, RE: District of Columbia v. Heller.
Because you do not know the correct answer, you should have copied off of his paper.
He should have been immediately summoned before Congress, Impeached and Removed from the Bench for being Illiterate and unable to comprehend the basic english language.
Because in Europe the crown would refuse to draft people into their military.
Is he stupid or just a liar?
I am a militia of one.
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What is the unorganized militia, Mr Breyer? And what was the Founders’ intent with respect to the whole of the People?
Everyone interested in the 2nd Amendment should watch this interview with Cody Wilson, founder of Defense Distributed - which made the 3-D printed “Liberator” pistol and is currently making the Ghost Gunner - an automated milling machine that allows 80% AR receivers (i.e. paperweights) to be transformed into a ready-to-be-assembled AR lower in about 3 hours: http://reason.com/reasontv/2016/11/23/3d-gun-printer-cody-wilson-on-the-right
The interview is about 33 minutes long, but well worth your time. Among the gems in there, he talks about his goal of making people in black robes “irrelevant” with his technology.
So, people like Breyer (whom I hope retires SOON, so that Trump can replace him with someone who actually can comprehend the Constitution and understand the reasons why “We the People” are masters and not servants of the government created BY US in that Constitution) will someday possibly be able to allow Congress to outlaw guns, but because of Cody Wilson and people like him - and millions of us armed with his technology - it simply won’t MATTER what they say.
I look forward to such a world.
Here is some help for you, Breyer. It defines what the militia is.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
The “militia” starts with me and the firearm next to my bed. Any other definition is just some politician’s wet dream to power over an unarmed citizenry.
Sorry Breyer. It’s settled law. Read up on the Heller decision.
". . . the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
It does not say, ". . . the right of the State Militia to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
"No right to for an individual to keep a gun by his bed," my ass, Breyer, you Dunderheaded dolt! Learn to read!
Everybody knows that when they used the word “PEOPLE” In the 1st, 4th, 9th and 10th amendments, it was a different PEOPLE they were talking about in the 2nd Amendment.