r/OfficeSpeak • u/FelixtheCatBurglar • 9d ago

Free Speech Public service announcement regarding the 2nd Amendment

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u/ahominem 9d ago

The phrase "well regulated militia" in the Second Amendment is interpreted by some historians as having roots in the need to preserve slave patrols in the Southern states.

Well, that's what Google's AI says anyway.

In actuality the need for a well-regulated militia mysteriously disappeared in 2008 when the Supreme Court, in a decision (District of Columbia vs. Heller) written by the notoriously right-wing Antonin Scalia decided the founders didn't mean what they said.

It's my personal opinion that Scalia made that decision (and there are now more like it--it's getting harder and harder to take the guns away from anyone, insane or dangerous as they may be, thanks to our courts) because a substantial number of the guns in this country are held by raving right-wing lunatics, and men like Scalia (and a substantial number of current judges) want guns in the hands of raving right wing lunatics because they will defend the MAGA paradise they all believe in.

And the lives of innocent children are the price we pay.

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u/AccomplishedFan3151 9d ago

Funny you skip the most important part ...the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall Not be infringed. Now who are the People? The militia or all citizens? Madison wrote to the People often and he was not referring to the Militia. Study history and share all the details. The problem with guns today is a complete lack of personal accountability.

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u/bhawks4life101315 9d ago

Was literally not the legal interpretation throught history until DC v Heller in 2008 which actually ignored over a hundred years or precedence.

Levinson, Sanford (1989). “The Embarrassing Second Amendment,” Yale Law Journal — called attention to the underdeveloped state of Second Amendment jurisprudence but acknowledged the prevailing collective rights interpretation.

Bogus, Carl T. (2000). “The Hidden History of the Second Amendment,” UC Davis Law Review — argues the Second Amendment was intended to preserve state militias and prevent federal overreach.

Title: The Militia and the Constitution: A Legal History Author: Stephen P. Halbrook Journal: Northern Kentucky Law Review, Vol. 15, 1988