Bearing Arms vs Bare Arms
| First off, notice the restrictive term that is used in the First Amendment. It is not written broadly. It doe not say that no state or local government or any such subdivision shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. It merely says that Congress shall not. Now compare that wording to the wording of the Second Amendment. This amendment says 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed'. The first section of this amendment gives justification for the prohibition of the infringement. It does not say that the militia shall regulate the keeping of arms. It doesn't even define a militia. It says that a well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state. With these two phrases, we can conclude that the Founding Fathers intended that the right to bear arms, any kind of arms, should be unrestricted. No laws whatsoever restricting the possession of any kind of arms or firearms are permitted. |
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