[Vision2020] discharging firearms- was Pres mans-up, Crabtree doesn't

Garrett Clevenger garrettmc at frontier.com
Fri Nov 5 11:31:34 PDT 2010


Bob writes:

"But to complicate things, keep in mind that although the Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms, it says nothing about our rights to discharge those arms."


>From what my dictionary says, "to bear" means "to hold and use" which in the case of a firearm seems to me to mean to discharge.

If a law prevents someone from using their gun, how is that not unconstitutional? (I'm playing the devil's advocate here)

I suppose that since there are laws that limit free speech, I suppose interpretation of our constitutional amendments is very subjective.

gclev



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