Guns

 

Supreme Court Justice Alito was right when he said the right to abortion wasn't in the Constitution. 

The second amendment says, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Okay -- how many gun owners in the U.S. belong to well regulated Militia?

Okay, the Supreme Court ignored the militia stuff in the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, when it held that the "Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home." They didn't mention it was okay to kill people with one in schools, churches, movies, stores, but what the hell? A detail.

Now let's ask? What did the founding fathers consider an arm.

Aha! The Brown Bess and other guns of its ilk were really popular when the Second Amendment was written. It allowed one shot before reloading and it had the added feature that a saber could be attached to the end.

But if that was the arm the founding fathers were talking about, wouldn't that eliminate any gun or weapon created after the second amendment was ratified in 1791. Following Alito's logic, that would make even the Colt 45 introduced around 1860 illegal never mind the AR models of today.

Replace the 400 million guns in the U.S. with a Brown Bess.

Problem solved.