Firearms

[CleanShavenJesus]

I'd rather not get into the current argument, but I would like to point out that it's part of the Bill of Rights, which weren't really amendments to correct anything from the Constitution, but more just to put certain politicans (and the people) at ease. Many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights were already freedoms felt by the American people, but politicians like Jefferson, for example, demanded that the Bill of Rights be made just to protect our liberties in any potential future attack on them.

Now carry on.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, right?

If so, I'm not sure what your point is. I never said that amendments had to be corrections to the original Constitution. I just pointed out that some rights were not present in the original, and came about through amendments.

Yes. But I saw your point as, "even the right to bear arms was an amendment", displaying how they have altered the Constiution over time, correct? But I say that's a poor point due to how quickly the first ten amendments were passed. Right to bear arms, unlawful search and seizure, and many of the first ten amendments were already rights that Americans had, but were not put on paper yet.

Remember, the Constiution was ratified in 1787, but they created a "rough draft" of the Bill of Rights by 1789 (and even then it can be assumed they had been working on it for at least a year prior), so I don't believe you can make the comparison between the first ten amendments and the ones passed there after when talking about how the Constitution has been altered.