Biden Gets the Second Amendment Wrong Again

[disciple Clint]

"The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own," Biden said. "You couldn’t buy a cannon."
"During the campaign, Biden made a similar claim about cannons in the Revolutionary War and who could own them. We rated that False.
This time, on top of that, Biden misrepresents what the Second Amendment says."
Biden said that from the start, the Second Amendment "limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own."
The Second Amendment limited government power, not the rights of individuals. Laws at the time that limited firearm ownership were primarily racist, aimed at controlling Black people and Native Americans.
PolitiFact - Joe Biden gets history wrong on the Second Amendment limiting gun ownership

 

[Fantine]

Biden and Democrats aren't getting the Second Amendment wrong. It was interpreted correctly for over 200 years...
The Supreme Court's Shift On The 2nd Amendment

Well, for really more than about 200 years, the understanding of the Second Amendment was that it gave state militias the right to keep and bear arms but not individuals. That changed in 2008 in the famous decision of District of Columbia v. Heller where Justice Scalia for the court said that, under the Second Amendment, individuals had a right to keep handguns in their residences. That's what that case was really about.

But it really opened the door and raised the question of, what else do individuals have in terms of the right to bear arms? And conservatives and the National Rifle Association have been pressing the court for more than a decade now to expand the Heller decision and make sure that individuals have the right to possess more guns, bigger guns and limit restrictions on any sort of handguns - any kind of guns, not just handguns.

 

[disciple Clint]

Biden and Democrats aren't getting the Second Amendment wrong. It was interpreted correctly for over 200 years...
The Supreme Court's Shift On The 2nd Amendment

It was fully explained and researched in the fact check I posted

 

[civilwarbuff]

Biden and Democrats aren't getting the Second Amendment wrong. It was interpreted correctly for over 200 years...
The Supreme Court's Shift On The 2nd Amendment

From your article:
MARTIN: More than a decade ago, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals have the right to bear arms, which is, as you write, a fundamental shift in the court's interpretation of the Second Amendment. Can you explain what happened?

TOOBIN: Well, for really more than about 200 years, the understanding of the Second Amendment was that it gave state militias the right to keep and bear arms but not individuals.

Who exactly held that understanding?......scotus/federal court rulings?.....nope.......federal legislature?......nope.......state legislature?.....nope. That statement is nothing more than liberal hogwash that has been repeated over and over with no proof ever provided until people simply started to believe it.......
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”

― Vladimir Lenin

 

[Fantine]

Supreme Court rulings for 200 years interpreted the second amendment much more strictly.

 

[HARK!]

Biden and Democrats aren't getting the Second Amendment wrong. It was interpreted correctly for over 200 years...
The Supreme Court's Shift On The 2nd Amendment

Funny that I didn't see a single case cited except for the Heller case. I had a conversation with Mr. Heller; and he was disappointed with the Court's ruling.

 

[HARK!]

Supreme Court rulings for 200 years interpreted the second amendment much more strictly.

Should I trust my studies on this subject; or should I just take you word for it?

 

[HARK!]

Laws at the time that limited firearm ownership were primarily racist

If I recall correctly, every SCOTUS ruling regarding gun laws, up until the Heller case, was racially motivated.

 

[civilwarbuff]

Supreme Court rulings for 200 years interpreted the second amendment much more strictly.

Which ones.....especially the ones from about 200 years ago if you don't mind? Can you give us a list of say 10 over those 200 years?