Let’s Delve Into the Second and Tenth Amendments Shall We?

 Let’s Delve Into the Second and Tenth Amendments Shall We?

Al Ritter

To preface this article, please understand that I am by no means a lawyer, nor would I ever want to be, but this particular subject has baffled me for decades. I do however have the basic understand of the definitions of specific wording.

Now our Constitution’s first 10 Amendments formed from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 included in that writing were the first ten Amendments known as our Bill of Rights. Later ratified on 1791.

Our forefathers thought that the right to bear arms was so prominent that they placed it directly behind freedom of speech. The only 3 words that seem to be in contention are “A well regulated Militia,” which seems to be the liberal interpretation by the left for the words Armed Forces. If you read any of the Federalist Papers from our founding fathers it is clear that Armed Forces, aka the Army is NOT what they have in mind while drafting the Amendment. As you can see the yellow highlight on the Second Amendment below gives that right to “the people” not just the military, but I digress.

Second Amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Tenth Amendment:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Now the Tenth Amendment seems pretty straight forward to me and of course part of our Bill of Rights also. It basically says that powers not enumerated in the Constitution are to be handled by the States. The intent was clear and plain to give the powers to the states over the Federal Government.

Here is my sticking point about anything on the Second Amendment. IT WAS MENTIONED in the Second Constitutional Amendment and quite clearly I might add, so why do the States have the power to regulate the right to keep and bear arms?

Maybe I’m missing something by not being a lawyer. Why is it that the Supreme Court has only ruled on District of Columbia vs Heller and not the whole idea of “shall not be infringed?”

Update on Second Amendment ;

https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-democrats-react-new-york-gun-law-ruling-161325887.html