2nd Amendment Challenge -- DC v. Heller

[Wellardmac]

Well, this comes down to the fundamental ideals behind the drafting of the Constitution and I'll phrase these as questions and let others answer.

i) Was the Constitution drafted as an agreement between the government and the governed?

ii) Was the Bill of Rights drafted to protect the rights of the individual, or the government?

iii) Was one of the founding principles of the country that the individual should be granted the freedom to do as they please as long as they don't harm others?

iv) Was the country founded on the principle that the people should not be afraid of their government and if they were, then they should have the right to abolish that system of government?


Please help me answer those questions and then I'll chime in with what I think the answers are.

BTW, the US Constitution is not the oldest constitution in the world - think Magna Carta.