That's an interesting take. Let's explore that:
The current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment (the interpretation you like) only dates to 2008, less than a decade and a half ago. Prior to that, it was well and fully understood that the right to bear arms listed in the 2nd Amendment applied to, ahem,
a well-regulated militia, and did not entitle every American to to any kind of weapon they can get their hands on. I know you're familiar with the 1934 National Firearms Act, so you should also be familiar with
United States v. Miller (1939), which
explicitly affirmed the ability of Congress to regulate weapons outside the use of "a well-regulated militia":
The Court can not take judicial notice that a shotgun having a barrel less than 18 inches long has today any reasonable relation to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia; and therefore can not say that the Second Amendment guarantees to the citizen the right to keep and bear such a weapon.All that typing and garble and all you have proven is that constitutionally guaranteed rights are subject to federal restrictions. That also includes abortion, for now. However, both cases before the SCOTUS are in reference to state restrictions on guns and abortions. Your radical hypocrisy is apparent when you think that NY should have the ability to legally restrict a constitutionally guaranteed right, but TX or MS shouldn't have the ability to legally restrict a constitutionally guaranteed right
Your post also highlights that the gun rights were established long before abortion rights. In fact it's literally spelled out in the Bill of Rights. No mention of abortion anywhere in the constitution. Let me say it again for those with radical agendas. The constitution actually spells out "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms". The constitution doesn't say anything about abortion. Abortion rights are an interpretation of the constitution.
So here's your choices if you want to have congruent views and not be a hypocrite.
1. All constitutionally guaranteed rights can have federal and/or state restrictions placed on them.
OR
2. All constitutionally guaranteed rights are absolute.
You can't have it both ways unless you're 6 years old....
But hey, we all know the REAL principle at play here, which is: if you're in charge, you make the rules.
Conservatives are in charge of the Supreme Court, so the rules are whatever they say they are.
Yeah, that's pretty much how it works. As you lefties like to say, "elections have consequences." They were warned not to use the "nuclear option" and it came back to kick them in the nuts.
So, just to see if I have your position correct. You think that regulating 1st and 2nd amendments are OK but regulating abortion isn't?
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