Letter: The 2nd amendment was clear in its intent – Seacoastonline.com

Category: Second Amendment

Portsmouth Herald

March 2 -- To the Editor:

Gavin McCurdy recently voiced an opinion concerning firearms and referenced a previous opinion by Dr. Fieseher. They both talked about a regulation of firearms and quoted the portion of the Second Amendment that states, a well-regulated militia. In doing so, they were both making a common mistake. Clearly, neither of these gentlemen researched the subject very well or they would have found that the wording has nothing to do with control of firearms.

The phrase "well-regulated" was in common use long before the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected. Establishing government oversight of the people's arms was not only not the intent in using the phrase in the 2nd amendment; it was precisely to render the government powerless to do so that the founders wrote it.

Regardless of these gentlemens feelings, the amendment was clear in its intent.

Everett Leland

Kittery, Maine

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