Reply #83: Bingo...We have a winner.

[beevul]

"The Bill of Rights does not "expressly omit" rights. It expressly forbids government meddling in certain areas."

Exactly right.

This should sound familiar to anyone who listened to the Schoolhouse Rock song on the preamble to the Bill Of Rights:

THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added : And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution

http://billofrights.org/

Of course, those on that particular side of the issue have been saying for years that the second amendment wasn't what it was, and as evidenced by this thread, some still do.

I see no reason why that "some" wont be trying to do the same thing to the preamble to the Bill Of Rights as well.


In fact, I'd bet money on it. There is no alternative.

That preamble thouroughly destroys the entire argument.