DAILY DIALECTIC
May 20, 2009
"The right to bear arms is famously and specifically referenced in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution... Now a multistate movement is trying to find more robust constitutional support in another amendment, which makes no mention of weaponry at all... The 10th Amendment declares, 'The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.'... Now the Amendment is being invoked by pro-gun advocates to press for state, rather than federal, regulation of gun manufacturers..."

  • Time Mag: States' Gun Rights: The Next Constitutional Battlefield