The Puppy Blender mentions something, and I know his cold, hardened, liquefied Dalmatian fueled heart is is the right place, but this certain turn of a phrase irritates the pants off me
But the story by James Oliphant and David Savage calls it a “divisive issue.” I wonder if they’d use that term for more PC rights? I mean, polls pretty consistently show that about 3/4 of Americans think the Second Amendment gives them a right to own a gun, and the Supreme Court has said so, too.
It does no such thing. The bill of rights grants NOTHING to you and me. What it does is state that the government has no right* power to restrict or interfere with a particular right. The Bill of Rights are limitations on the government, not a laundry list of what Americans are allowed to do.
*good point. I made the same boo boo I harped on in my post. Mea culpa!