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Senate website gets 2nd Amendment wrong, critics say

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Revmitchell, Sep 25, 2013.

  1. Revmitchell

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    Does the Second Amendment guarantee an individual right to own guns?

    The Supreme Court has ruled that it does. But you might be confused if you visit the official Senate web page on the Constitution, which says only: "Whether this provision protects the individual's right to own firearms or whether it deals only with the collective right of the people to arm and maintain a militia has long been debated."

    That particular wording was posted on the Senate website in 2009, based on archived web pages at The Internet Archive. However, that's one year after the Supreme Court ruled: "The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense."

    Given the court ruling, critics say the Senate site's administrators are just wrong.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/25/senate-website-gets-2nd-amendment-wrong-critics-say/
     
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