By Frances Bryce, August 8, 2019 — A study of the Constitution often left me unsettled with what was written in some articles and at least one of the Amendments, mainly the second. I often wondered about the decision rendered with the Superior Court of the meaning when it was written and their ruling that was to uphold the stature. I would like to think maybe it should be revisited.
My problem with the right of the people to keep and bear arms, now that we have a standing army, navy, and the marines, now the people do not need to bring their arms for the security of a free state as was necessary when the Amendment was made. Each state has its National Guard for the security of its state. The use of military weapons that have caused mass murders were not available when this Amendment was passed. How can we compare it to the weapons of that day?
I am probably like the lovely little petunia in the onion patch. I cry and cry each day.
Maybe one day the people will be willing to enforce laws that will protect the masses since it is supposed to be a government of the people by the people.