ThunderKiss1965
Platinum Member
Shal not be infringed its as simple as that. When Trump puts a couple more Conservatives on the Court and they follow the Constitution I bet you will change you fucking tune.Actually, you have an ignorance of the law problem.You have a serious comprehension problem. The intentions of the framers were very clear about an individuals right to bear arms in both the Constitution and subsequent writings.Wrong.Of course, I voted NO. The Constitution matters, even though the courts have abused it in many ways by allowing political bias to make rulings that are not legally consistent with what the Constitution says,
The courts determine what the Constitution means – ultimately the Supreme Court.
The Constitution exists solely in the context of its case law, as determined by the Supreme Court, and as originally intended by the Framers.
“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
– Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. Article VI, US Cont.
The Supremacy Clause means that the Constitution is the law of the land, that the courts determine what the Constitution means, and that the states and local jurisdictions are subject to the Constitution and rulings of the courts.
The Supremacy Clause codifies the interpretive authority of the courts, that those rulings are binding precedent, and that the Supreme Court makes the final decision as to the Constitution’s meaning.
Consequently, the Constitution exists solely in the context of its case law, as determined by the Supreme Court.
“But that’s not in the Constitution” is a failed and ignorant ‘argument.’
When the Heller Court reaffirmed the fact that the Second Amendment right is not ‘unlimited,’ that government has the authority to place regulations and restrictions on firearms, the force and authority of that decision is the same as when the Amendment was ratified.