For almost 100 years, the Federal Government has imposed more and more restrictions on the private ownership of firearms. Starting with the exorbitant Federal tax on full automatic weapons and short barreled shotguns in 1934 through the Gun Control act of 1968 to the Brady Bill and "Assault Weapons Ban" of 1994, our Federal Government has continued to infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of our citizens.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
-- United States Constitution, Amendment II
in·fringe
Pronunciation: \in-ˈfrinj\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): in·fringed; in·fring·ing
Etymology: Medieval Latin infringere, from Latin, to break, crush, from in- + frangere to break — more at break
Date: 1513
transitive verb
1: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
2 obsolete : defeat , frustrate
intransitive verb
: encroach —used with on or upon
(Via Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.)
More Definitions at:Webster and Oxford English DictionaryConsidering that the 2nd Amendment was ratified in 1791, I'd guess that it is safe to say that the obsolete usage of "frustrate or defeat" applies in this usage as well.
Last year, the United States Supreme Court finally ruling (as most of us believed anyway) that the Second Amendment refers to an individual right, not right of the states.
Add to this the definition of "infringe" and every Federal law regarding firearms ownership or usage by individuals is unconstitutional. The same with state laws on the subject provided that the state based their constitution on the Federal one and included such a statement.


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