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Chief Justice Warren Burger on the 2nd Amendment (Original Post) n2doc Jun 2014 OP
The original text of the proposed 2nd Amendment: ColesCountyDem Jun 2014 #1
Many other great legal minds, billh58 Jun 2014 #2
The late Chief Justice Warren's comments on the 2nd Amendment are so third-quarter 20th indepat Jun 2014 #3
K&R billh58 Jun 2014 #4
Bump billh58 Jun 2014 #5

ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)
1. The original text of the proposed 2nd Amendment:
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 07:38 AM
Jun 2014
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.

billh58

(6,635 posts)
2. Many other great legal minds,
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 09:39 AM
Jun 2014

including four on today's Supreme Court, totally agree with Justice Burger. The right-wing gun lobby and their political puppets have twisted ages of legal precedence into a corrupt system which allows death and injury from guns unparalleled in the civilized world.

indepat

(20,899 posts)
3. The late Chief Justice Warren's comments on the 2nd Amendment are so third-quarter 20th
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:05 PM
Jun 2014

century for this 1st quarter of the new American century (extremely RW PNAC) where every Amurikan has a right to tote a military-grade assault weapon practically any place Amurikans gather in droves.

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