[QUOTE=Read2know;1826433]Dear Gary:
The US Constitution does Not say you can carry a gun. The Second Amendment
does Not say you can own a gun. Here is the quote from the second Amendment :
" A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
When the Second Amendment was written on or about 1789. The USA did not have a standing army and had to depend upon a volunteer's. That is why the Second Amendment states that a, " A well regulated Militia, being necessary ..."
Of course every able bodied man was free to have a gun.
Again opinion stated as fact. "does Not say". Your argument could be considered a reason for the people to have the right to keep and bear arms.
Also, your conclusion adds requirements not stated -- "able bodied" and "man".
|