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Originally Posted by filtherton
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).
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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You'll have to forgive me for waxing philosophic but Im in the middle studying Shari'a Law for a final tomorrow. Im finding the use of intended language so as to allow for interpretation to be facinating. Please forgive the following bullshit:
Perhaps the founding fathers deliberately penned the amendment to be vague so as to allow its effect to be timeless; it can be interpretted and reinterpretted endlessly to best suit the needs of the society at any given time, while still emphasizing the importance of maintaining an armed public.
The founding fathers were smart enough to know that they could not predict the future and so left it up to us to adapt the basic idea of the amendment to our ever evolving nation without losing sight of the overall goal - to allow the people a means of personal protection and, ultimately, for revolution when all else has failed.
BTW, who the shit cares if you can pass 10th grade English or not? Im never moving to England.