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I think the second amendment is great because it serves as such a potent example of how useless the founders were with respect to making their intentions clear (or how difficult it is to write law that will apply well in two hundred years).
Second amendment? Meh. The second amendment is a lot like the bible, in that the way a person interprets the words says more about the person than the words. It is an interesting exercise in complexity: how convoluted do our interpretations have to get before we have to acknowledge that the second amendment is simply a poorly written piece of shit?
I particularly enjoy the spectacular ballet that occurs when someone places arbitrary limitations on ostensibly absolute rights (i.e. anything that can be carried is okay, except biological weapons and suitcase nukes) without acknowledging that they've just limited an absolute right. The second amendment grants absolute rights, except for these I have rather arbitrarily designated as being outside the scope of its rights-granting shroud of rights granting.
I also find the whole "anything you can carry in your hands is protected by the second" argument ridiculous. I mean come on, really? And the founders believed that such a minor right would go very far in preventing government tyranny?
I don't think people shouldn't have guns. I just think that either way, the second amendment is poorly written, and wouldn't pass muster in a 10th grade english class. If the majority of the people want guns, they should pass a fucking amendment to clarify the second amendment and shut the fuck up already.
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