As a gun owner myself I am under no illusion that the authors of our U.S. Constitution intended or envisioned a scenario involving guns playing out across the country like we see today.
If they had had any idea they either would not have included 2A in the document....or it would be full of caveats and exceptions.
Every dumb son of a bitch in the country, people who shouldn't be trusted to even operate basic kitchen appliances, many of whom I wouldn't trust to take my goddamned garbage out, having the same rights as me to own deadly firepower?
Naw.
HELL NO!
That is NOT what they intended.
393 million firearms floating around in society without a good handle on where exactly any of them are at any given time?
No.
That wasn't the intent either.
600 mass shootings a year (an average of almost 2 a day) for the past 3 years?
Uh-uh.
Not what The Founders intended when they wrote The Second Amendment.
Which is why NONE of the shit going on today with respect to guns is even covered by the 2A.
This "right" to possess and carry firearms for personal protection didn't even exist prior to the 2008 D.C.vs. Heller case.
It's not like it's ACTUALLY "enshrined" in The COTUS.
That's just NRA post 2008 propaganda.
What it really is is SCOTUS fashion....a currend trend.
Let's see if we can put this in a context that everyone can understand:
As a person who expresses political opinions myself I am under no illusion that the authors of our U.S. Constitution intended or envisioned a scenario involving speech playing out across the country like we see today.
If they had had any idea they either would not have included 1A in the document...or it would be full of caveats and exceptions.
Every dumb SOB in the country, people who shouldn't be trusted to even operate basic kitchen appliances, many of whom I wouldn't trust to take my garbage out, having the same rights as me to express deadly opinions for thousands or millions to see simultaneously?
Naw.
NO!
That is NOT what they intended.
Untold millions of computers, phones and internet connections floating around in society without a good handle on where exactly any of them are and who is using them to say what at any given time?
No.
That wasn't the intent either.
Hundreds of teen suicides every year from bullying on social media? Kids disappearing every year, lured away from their families by predators and traffickers? People seeing their political opinions used against them in court?
Uh-uh.
Not what the Founders intended when they wrote the First Amendment.
Which is why NONE of what's going on today with respect to political speech is even covered by the 1A.
This "right" to make your voice heard by millions in mere moments didn't even exist prior to Algore inventing the internet.
It's not like it's ACTUALLY "enshrined" in The COTUS.
That's just insurrectionist propaganda.
It's all just a fashionable trend.