Reply #292: John Kerry's official website says your wrong. [View All]

[hansberrym]

http://www.johnkerry.com/communities/sportsmen/rights.html

Supports the Second Amendment & Will Defend Hunting Rights –
John Kerry is a gun owner and he believes in the right to bear arms. During his announcement speech, Kerry emphasized his strong belief in the Second Amendment by saying bluntly: “I’m a hunter and I believe in the Second Amendment.” Additionally, Kerry has said he will work to defend hunting rights. “I enjoy going hunting. I'm prepared to stand up and defend common sense on guns.”


John Kerry's view of the Second Amendment is considerably broader than yours. You don't have to join the state militia to hunt now do you?

Kerry's view seems closely alligned with the that stated some 230+ years ago in The Address of the Pennsylvaia Minority which your favorite Judge (Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit) characterized as "unambiguosly" intending an individual right to bear arms:



That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and their own state, or the United States, or for the purpose of killing game, and no law shall be passed for disarming the people or any of them, unless for crimes committed, or real danger of public injury from individuals; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military shall be kept under strict subordination to and be governed by the civil powers. (my emphasis)

(from The Anti-Federalist and the Constitutional Convention Debates; Ralph Ketcham, Mentor, copyright 1986)