- Feb 10, 2017
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[1] we are on a upswing, people are embracing the second amendment. Take a moment and search all the states that are looking into or have approved constitutional carry.
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[2] It basically says that God and the laws of nature are higher than the federal government
(1) Gun ownership as a percentage of households has been trending downward for a long time, though guns owned per gun owner is increasing. The movement towards constitutional carry says nothing about larger societal attitudes towards guns and gun ownership. The best synopsis of current nationwide attitudes toward the 2A, as revealed by pretty much every poll over the last decade, would be "we can have our guns, but let's please keep them out of the hands of terrorists and nutcases."
(2) Uh, no. It just says that this particular individual right cannot be infringed by the gov't. Reading God or natural law into the Constitution reflects a serious misunderstanding of the Constitution and the people who wrote it.