Actually, an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ... Something that wasnt part of the main document and wasnt added for a number of years after the main document was ratified.
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
What is your point?
That "Amendment" was part of the original Bill of Rights. The Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention in September 17, 1787, but was not ratified until March 4, 1789.
Even at the time of the Constitutional Convention, the amendments in the Bill of Rights were already being kicked around by the Convention members. But due to the urgency of replacing the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution was rushed to the states for ratification with the understanding that the new Congress would immediately act on adding the Bill of Rights (2nd Amendment included).
So Congress first met on March 4, 1789 and, by September of that year, Congress sent the Bill of Rights (the first 10 Amendments) to the states for ratification. The Bill of Rights was ratified effective December 15, 1791. It got done in under 3 years. Considering how slow communications were back in those days and the difficulty in holding elections, that's pretty damn fast.
More importantly, though, from a legal point of view, there is no substantive difference between the original document and the amendments. They all have equal validity. So, the Constitution includes the amendments. They are not separate or lesser.
Also, the 13th Amendment ending slavery was not ratified until December 1865. That is more than 7 decades after the Constitution. Is the 13th Amendment less valid than the 2nd Amendment or the original Constitution because it came later?
10 million people with guns marching on the Capitol? That's a gathering I. Support of the constitution?
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
Again, I point out, JD never said 10 million people with guns should march on DC. That's how you misread it. JD said 10 gun OWNERS would march. They can leave the guns at home.