Former conservative Chief Justice of Supreme Court Warren Burger: The 2nd Amendment "has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime"
Love the people who are saying Burger wasn't conservative, solely for his vote on Roe v Wade. He was.
@RobertMaguire_ Well, it's not like it gives the right to carry guns to people. It gave members of a well regulated militia (read gov approved) the right to bear arms when operating in defense of a free state. Not their own personal safety.
@RobertMaguire_ Sounds like the well regulated militia is the national guard, everyone else should have a license and insurance
@RobertMaguire_ @ShuttemD The 2nd Amendment was written in 1789 and ratified in 1791. Guns had not been invented yet. They weren't invented until decades later in the 1830s.
@RobertMaguire_ @TimOBrien I use to talk about this in my Pol Sci classes. A moment of honesty about tge 2nd Amend.
@RobertMaguire_ Ban military-style weapons. Institute a federal buyback program. MELT THEM DOWN. Severe consequences for those caught with these weapons after the buyback period. This won’t cure all our ills, but it’s a step in the right direction. @SenateDems #EndTheFilibuster #GunControlNow
@RobertMaguire_ Yes it is. Now is the right time for Gun Reform legislation. Sick that we have 2 mass shootings in 1 weeks time. It’s brutal to live this way. #GunReformNow #StopGunViolence
@RobertMaguire_ He had his interpretation (and, boy, could he interpret the s**t out of things), but the Supreme Court has affirmed that the 2nd does protect an individual right to keep and bear arms. You know, like it says.