Reply #33: Neither "handguns" nor "Windows Operating System" are mentioned.. [View All]

[SteveM]

in the Constitution. In the First, only the term "press" is mentioned. Would you like the form of your "free expression" governed by a wooden printing press?

Similarly, the Second mentions "arms," which were taken then (and now) as being firearms capable of being held and fired in one or both hands; in short, weapons suitable for militia and combat. Handguns are most definitely included within such a context.

Stevens is quite wrong about his view of "original intent." This is not meant as disrespect for this juror, but he is wrong, and most scholars of the Second (since we are accumulating "authority") think he is wrong as well. You may wish to read what Alan Dershowitz has to say about "obsolescence" of various amendments.