James, it's a pleasure to follow your journey and I commend you on your process, your research, and your courage in pursuing it. My comment here is more a question about your proposal. You suggest that we should "Amend the Constitution to expressly state that bearing arms is a right that can be freely exercised by any adult in the country who is willing to live up to the responsibility to bear arms." Perhaps unsurprisingly to you, I'm confused by your proposal because to me (a long-time gun owner and 2A proponent) the 2A already covers that. What am I missing? From my perspective, half the states in this country already violate the 2A language, specifically the "shall not be infringed" part. Case in point is our home state of MA, which as you've just experienced, makes it quite difficult to exercise one's 2A right.
Keep up the great work! I look forward to seeing more it.
James, it's a pleasure to follow your journey and I commend you on your process, your research, and your courage in pursuing it. My comment here is more a question about your proposal. You suggest that we should "Amend the Constitution to expressly state that bearing arms is a right that can be freely exercised by any adult in the country who is willing to live up to the responsibility to bear arms." Perhaps unsurprisingly to you, I'm confused by your proposal because to me (a long-time gun owner and 2A proponent) the 2A already covers that. What am I missing? From my perspective, half the states in this country already violate the 2A language, specifically the "shall not be infringed" part. Case in point is our home state of MA, which as you've just experienced, makes it quite difficult to exercise one's 2A right.
Keep up the great work! I look forward to seeing more it.