XD-GEM
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nolacopusmc wrote:
nolacopusmc wrote:
Actually, the US Supreme Court addressed this in the Heller decision and concluded that the original meaning of "bear" did mean "carry" in addition to what you have posted. They also noted, fleetingly, what you state about there being no difference between "open" and "concealed." That distinction did not really crop up until nearly a hundred years later.You of course realize, that the 2nd amendment, when viewed in it's literal cvontext at the time it was written does not support open or concealed carry, it simply means having arms available should the need to join the military in the reserve against the government should arise?
Nowhere in there does it say anything about carrying arms. Literary scholars state that in the times it was written, "bear arms" simply refers tot he ability to have a weapon available, IE own, should it be needed, and their most likely atempt was to allow for the citizenery to be armed shoulda revolt be necessary against the government or the military need resevres?
Now, i am in now way saying that we should not have the right to "keep and bear" and "open carry and conceal" arms, but am sure an internet scholar such as yourself, while most likely reluctant to admit, is aware of this fact.