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In reply to the discussion: Should America work towards becoming a gun-free Country? [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)"However, I'd like to make note of the simple fact that the Courts have corrupted the original intent of the 2nd Amendment to a "free for all - no matter what", forgetting the "well-regulated" part of the 2nd Amendment..."
Thats a convenient fiction.
The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. Ones right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.
Justice Robert H. Jackson of the Supreme Court 1943