Subj : Republicans & Trump
To   : Kostie Muirhead
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sun Aug 30 2020 09:06 pm

Hello Kostie,

>LL>Repealing the 2nd Amendment would help.
>
>Now that HAS to be a troll.

I am being serious. The 2nd Amendment is poorly written,
and also totally understood. Furthermore, after about 1980
the courts misinterpreted it to something else entirely.

The amendment is not about the right to bear arms, but "a
well regulated militia" having "the right of the people to
bear arms". Kind of like those in the militia having the
right to bear arms, as part of that militia. The state
controls the militia. Individuals who are part of the
militia have the right to bear arms while those outside
of the militia do not have the same right.

That is how the courts viewed it, up until about 1980.
Then the courts turned to extreme right-wing interpretations.
Which is why there is so much out of control crime these
days.

--Lee

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