Gun Control
A thread on Quora.com Matthew Wilson · November 24 You make some good points. I have to disagree strongly on the 2nd amendment respectfully. The first has a specific written exception, the 2nd amendment only thou shall not infringe. I think that is very clear that any barrier or law against owning any firearm is unconstitutional. The beliefs in gun control in the US is a very new idea. No founder every believed nor did they write in their constitution an exception. The right. Feel free to counter my point if you would like. Thank you for your thoughtful comment Upvote · 57 Reply Sam Shukla · November 25 Thank you for raising this point. It’s an interesting issue. I studied this in the first year of law school with fascination. The Founding Fathers didn’t define “infringed” but the Supreme Court came as close as anyone in D.C. v. Heller , 554 U.S. 570 (2008). The opinion was delivered by good ol’ Scalia and said that while no one can ever completely take away the...