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Not just me, but more than a century and a half of legal experts, including members of the Supreme Court, (until the last few decades) read the Second Amendment as being a limited right. A pretty strong qualifier was thrown into the Second Amendment that wasn’t done with the other Amendments. “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 First Amendment doesn’t say anything like “News vendors and criers on street corners, being necessary for the dissemination of information necessary for an informed democracy …Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press.” It’s funny that many “originalists” claim to interpret the Founding Father’s words as they were intended at the time, but then resist when they find phrases that they don’t like.

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John Kruse MD, PhD
John Kruse MD, PhD

Written by John Kruse MD, PhD

Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, gay father of twins, marathon runner, in Hawaii. 200+ ADHD & mental health videos https://www.youtube.com/@DrJohnKruse

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