No Guarantee of a Gun: How and Why the Second Amendment Means Exactly What It SaysThe information in this book proves by means of credible and irrefutable documentary evidence that the Supreme Court's decision on June 26, 2008, in District of Columbia v. Heller, which held that the Second Amendment protects the right of an individual to possess and carry weapons, was incorrect. And the information in this book forms the foundation of what would have been the correct decision in that case. Second Amendment commentary and case law are incorrect. But unfortunately, they are relied upon by today's scholars and jurists. However, this book, written in plain English instead of the legalese that many persons find unappealing about books pertaining to legal subjects, takes the bold step of disproving these incorrect authorities on the most controversial and puzzling provision of the United States Constitution, and it meets that challenge. While other books on the Second Amendment rely largely on incorrect commentary and case law, this book uses credible and irrefutable documentary evidence to uncover the substance of the Second Amendment. By proving that Second Amendment commentary and case law are incorrect, this book will become both the preeminent treatise on the Second Amendment and a landmark book in the field of Constitutional law. And while gun control has been a highly controversial issue for a long time, the debate on gun control has been improperly bifurcated into what is good public policy and what is Constitutional. This book eliminates the Constitutional component of that debate so that the debate can be focused solely on what is good public policy. Other books written on the Second Amendment propose incorrect theories or attempt to reconcile its two supposed clauses. However, this book is the best book ever written on the Second Amendment because it does what no other book has ever done. It uncovers, by means of documentary evidence instead of mere argument, the true meanings of the terms A well regulated Militia, people, keep, and bear arms. |
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... legislation passed by a governing body. In Ex parte Grossman (1925), the Supreme Court stated The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted safely except by reference to the common law and to British institutions as they were ...
... legislative history of the Bill of Rights. [c] [126: f. 82 on p. 796] This is incorrect. There is plenty of documentary material that shows what the Second Amendment means. Robert J. Riley (1974) said Exactly what was intended by the ...
... legislation in no wise affects either the rights of the States to maintain their Militia or the rights of the people to keep and bear arms in a lawful manner within the States. [719: p. 903] The court stated also The Constitution does ...
... legislation that will interfere with that right. The second amendment says nothing that would prohibit a state (or the legislature for the District of Columbia) from restricting the use or possession of weapons in derogation of the ...
... legislation enacted to undermine the role of state militias. [c] By guarding against congressional intrusion into the states' authority to maintain their respective militias and by protecting the ability of the militias to equip ...
Contents
43 | |
PART III TYING UP LOOSE ENDS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT | 551 |
PART IV THE SECOND AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND CLAIM | 699 |
Back Cover | 761 |
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