In another thread here, I read the comment made that gun ownership is a constitutionally protected right, and not a privilege like driving.
Now, heavy taxation was one of our main grievances against the British.
SO.... What if roads or wheels had been controlled and heavily taxed by the British aristocracy?
Would our forefathers have written in the right to drive?
Some are trying to base the interpreting of our Constitution on what we believe our forefathers believed and did . . . and even would have done.
That's the part that makes this an interesting mental exercise. say that. . . .
If Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere had invented the automatic rifle in 1775, and basically defeated the British with it, would our second amendment be the same?
Or would the language we have now have covered that situation just as well?
Now, heavy taxation was one of our main grievances against the British.
SO.... What if roads or wheels had been controlled and heavily taxed by the British aristocracy?
Would our forefathers have written in the right to drive?
Some are trying to base the interpreting of our Constitution on what we believe our forefathers believed and did . . . and even would have done.
That's the part that makes this an interesting mental exercise. say that. . . .
If Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere had invented the automatic rifle in 1775, and basically defeated the British with it, would our second amendment be the same?
Or would the language we have now have covered that situation just as well?