[rant] It seems like we all love the 2nd Amendment and do our best to talk about it, celebrate it and exercise it, some even fight for it (thank you!) while others stand up for it in other ways. My questions is this:
Where in the second amendment does it say anything about needing a permit to exercise it. Where does it say that it will cost $x.xx to exercise it. Where does it say that the 2nd amendment applies in this place and this place but not that place or that place. Where does it even say that you need to be a "proper person" to exercise it. Where does it say that it applies if you live in this state and that state but not this,that or the other state. I'm beginning to wonder if the 2nd Amendment event exists anymore the way it is written in the constitution. Could Illinois and Wisconsin just decide that the 1st Amendment or the 4th Amendment don't apply in their state and get away with it? Can "they" decide that I need to apply for a permit and pay money to exercise the 5th Amendment?
Someone please help me understand why the 2nd is so different and why we are all OK with it. Everyone worries and talks about the government somehow taking away "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms". Isn't it already gone, as far as the way it was intended? [/rant]
Where in the second amendment does it say anything about needing a permit to exercise it. Where does it say that it will cost $x.xx to exercise it. Where does it say that the 2nd amendment applies in this place and this place but not that place or that place. Where does it even say that you need to be a "proper person" to exercise it. Where does it say that it applies if you live in this state and that state but not this,that or the other state. I'm beginning to wonder if the 2nd Amendment event exists anymore the way it is written in the constitution. Could Illinois and Wisconsin just decide that the 1st Amendment or the 4th Amendment don't apply in their state and get away with it? Can "they" decide that I need to apply for a permit and pay money to exercise the 5th Amendment?
Someone please help me understand why the 2nd is so different and why we are all OK with it. Everyone worries and talks about the government somehow taking away "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms". Isn't it already gone, as far as the way it was intended? [/rant]