GG - do remember that fiden appointed beta beto as his gun Czar - and he railed publically - "we are coming to take your guns"!
Best to take them seriously - they do mean to do just that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second...s_Constitution
Second Amendment - remember that rights not specifically given teh Federal Govenment- are reserved to teh states and people.
In summary :The
Second Amendment (
Amendment II) to the
United States Constitution protects the right to
keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the
Bill of Rights.
[1][2][3] In
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the
Supreme Court affirmed for the first time that the right belongs to individuals, for
self-defense in the home,
[4][5][6][7] while also including, as
dicta, that the right is not unlimited and does not preclude the existence of certain long-standing prohibitions such as those forbidding "the possession of
firearms by felons and the mentally ill" or restrictions on "the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons".
[8][9] In
McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that
state and
local governments are
limited to the same extent as the
federal government from infringing upon this right.
[10][11]
To quote:
There are several versions of the text of the Second Amendment, each with capitalization or punctuation differences. Differences exist between the version passed by
Congress and put on display and the versions ratified by the states.
[24][25][26][27][28][29][30] These differences have been a focus of debate regarding the meaning of the amendment, particularly regarding the importance of what the courts have called the prefatory clause.
[31][32]
The final, handwritten original of the Bill of Rights as passed by Congress, with the rest of the original prepared by
scribe William Lambert, is preserved in the
National Archives.
[33] This is the version ratified by Delaware
[34] and used by the Supreme Court in
District of Columbia v. Heller:
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.[35]
Some state-ratified versions omitted the first or final commas, such as Maryland's:
[34][36][25]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.
The ratification acts from New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina contained only one comma, but with differences in capitalization. Pennsylvania's act states:
[37]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.[38][39][40]
The ratification act from New Jersey has no commas:
[34]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.