08-29-2015, 10:46 PM
(08-29-2015, 06:28 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Usually we talk of it being a living document in that it grows to start protecting more individuals (like expanding the 14th amendment to protect gay marriage) not being more restrictive as time goes on.
Despite the recent cases of gun violence, I for one do not think the 2nd Amendment should be interpreted to restrict gun rights.
It's both the beauty and horror of our constitution. The language is so vague that the document as a whole is undoubtedly open to all sorts of interpretations, and it's difficult to say which interpretations are the "correct" ones.
Either the founding fathers wanted it to be a living document (my view, as few issues are simply black and white, no matter how people wish they were,) or they were just like "ahhh, **** it, this will ruffle some feathers over the next couple hundred years..." and are trolling us to this day.
