Firearms

[Tiberius]

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.

This thread is about guns...the right to bear arms was an amendment, which is an example of how the original Constitution has changed. I mean, the word "amendment" kinda means exactly that...

So yes, I think I can make a comparison between the Bill of Rights and the ones passed afterwards. They may have been quickly appended to the Constitution after it was ratified, but they were still amendments, and they go to show that the Constitution wasn't ever a "perfect" document.