We have rights that next to nobody is against. The first amendment is a bipartisan right we all are glad we have. Now let's treat the first amendment like we do the second amendment. What if you needed a permit to be able to exercise our first amendment right? What if you needed to take a class before you could speak out against your government? Ok now you did all the requirements to get your freedom of speech badge; but guess what, your badge is only good in eight states. Oh, no, you need to travel to California and they don't accept any other freedom of speech badges but their own. That sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Can you imagine the outrage that would cause? This is how thousands of people just like me feel about our second amendment …show more content…
United States, 524 U. S. 125 (1998), in the course of analyzing the meaning of "carries a firearm" in a federal criminal statute, Justice Ginsburg wrote that "surely a most familiar meaning is, as the Constitution's Second Amendment . . . indicate[s]: ‘wear, bear, or carry . . . upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose . . . of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in a case of conflict with another person (wwwsupremecourt.gov).'" This Supreme Court Justice was nominated by former President Bill Clinton and her party affiliation is the democratic party. Her interpretation of the second amendment isn't political, it's the interpretation of the meaning of bearing arms in the second amendment. Our second amendment right doesn't stop in the privacy of our own home. We are afforded the right to be able to defend ourselves in our homes or outside our