i only missed the subjective questions that had nothing to do with the actual 2nd amendment and had to do more with opinions or the CSM's political bendt It's 5 minutes of my life and intelect i'll never get back.
I also missed the 2 questions they got wrong
#10 is wrong (and so is the Supreme Court!) The first, dependent clause of the Second Amendment makes clear that it is in fact the keeping and bearing of military (militia) arms that is protected. The Court's (flat wrong) 1938 ruling in United States v. Miller, which should have been considered as a precedent in Heller, actually makes this relationship abundantly clear: "In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, (emphasis added) we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument." In other words, the Court upheld the 1934 NFA explicitly because they claimed (falsley!) that a short-barreled shotgun is not a militia weapon! Therefore, even by the backward, twisted reasoning in Miller, military arms held by the people are out of bounds for regulation by the federal government!
#11 is also wrong for the same reason. The fundamental flaw in the Christian Science Monitor's reasoning in constructing this quiz is:
The Judicial branch has not the power to amend the Constitution! The power to amend rests solely in the Legislative branch (and in the States.) Therefore a Supreme Court decision cannot be construed to grant to the federal government powers not granted by the Constitution, nor to alter or diminish a protection codified in the Bill of Rights.
#11 is also wrong for the same reason. The fundamental flaw in the Christian Science Monitor's reasoning in constructing this quiz is:
The Judicial branch has not the power to amend the Constitution! The power to amend rests solely in the Legislative branch (and in the States.) Therefore a Supreme Court decision cannot be construed to grant to the federal government powers not granted by the Constitution, nor to alter or diminish a protection codified in the Bill of Rights.
Taking 30 pages to do a 15-question quiz is what sux! Some folks pay for data! They should have completed this in 2 pages!
Dang, I missed both questions relating to what firearms I thought could be used. I see no reason why a "well regulated militia" couldn't have machine guns! 13/15
I got all 15 right, but they scored me as if I had missed 2.
Same two questions that have already been discussed.
Same two questions that have already been discussed.
On the question What does the 2ndA say, I found their punctuation and capitalization choices interesting. Recently ran across claim that the state in free state actually meant state of mind.
It has been to many years to remember when I first ran across the debate over punctuation.
It has been to many years to remember when I first ran across the debate over punctuation.
I stopped taking the quiz when the answers were wrong.
Dang, I missed both questions relating to what firearms I thought could be used. I see no reason why a "well regulated militia" couldn't have machine guns! 13/15
Yeah, those questions were somewhat open for intrepretation...I missed one of them then answered the other one the way they thought it should be answered.
Got the criminals wrong on the machine gun ban.
I guess since Clyde Barrow and friends stole the BAR's from military armories, the Feds didn't want to have to explain why a few guys in their early 20's were able to repeatedly break into their facilities and steal dozens of 1911's, BARS, and trunkloads of ammo.
