All Guns Should Be “Undetectable” to the Government
The Second Amendment’s text isn’t hard to read, and it takes all sorts of legal somersaults to get around the “shall not be infringed” part. So, it is confusing and ironic when a national gun rights lobby like the National Rifle Association (NRA) comes out in favor of...
Liberty: The Historical Root of Protection
To the naysayers who claim that the Second Amendment has nothing to do with personal defense, here is some context: We wouldn’t have the United States of America to live in without private citizens defending themselves and their right to bear arms. Far from...
Muskets to AR-15s: Weapons of War or Enemies of Tyranny?
Many people simultaneously claim to support the Second Amendment while insisting the federal government should be able to ban “military-style weapons.” These are actually mutually exclusive positions. In fact, the whole purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure...