Justice Breyer: Founding Fathers Would Have Allowed Restrictions on Guns

[bulbboy]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/12/breyer-founding-fathers-allowed-restrictions-guns/

"If you look at the values and the historical record, you will see that the Founding Fathers never intended guns to go unregulated, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer contended Sunday.

Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Breyer said history stands with the dissenters in the court's decision to overturn a Washington, D.C., handgun ban in the 2008


Therefore, Madison included the Second Amendment to appease the states, Breyer said."

 

[SoonerATC]

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer believes the Founding Fathers never intended guns to go unregulated and that the Second Amendment was added to the Consitution just to appease the States during the Constitutional ratification process.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/12/breyer-founding-fathers-allowed-restrictions-guns/

 

[Gideon]

That's quite a stretch of history there. I'm not aware of a Guns and Ammo Compromise, and for good reason.

 

[Danny]

Kind of amazing that none of the founding fathers took any steps to correct that oversite. Maybe it wasn't an oversite?? Just sayin'.

 

[rlongnt]

Ultimately it matters only what was ratified.

 

[tran]

More Liberial Bull ****...

 

[Glocktogo]

Stupid is as stupid does. No one is surprised that this bozo thinks that way. It's in every SCOTUS decision he's participated in.

 

[dugby]

I just watched that. Ouch!

The man has no regard for the law. To him the constitution is just a set of values. If you just give a nod and a wink on agreeing with the values in it you can do whatever you wish, without regard to what it says. He sees no constraints on the power of the government to do anything.

 

[purplehaze]

Actually, the second amendment only applied to the federal government. Throughout history many municipalties restricted possession of firearms on the person. So, in a manner of speaking he is right.

 

[338Shooter]

Does the 1st amendment also only apply to the federal government?