OriginalShroom
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This is too funny.. at least it would be if it weren't so damned shameful.
Open Letter - Gun Owners of America
An Open Letter to President Barack H. Obama
The official White House website includes a page1 which purports to describe key provisions of the United States Constitution. With respect to the Second Amendment, the complete description of the Second Amendment on the website is as follows:
"The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms." [Emphasis original.]
Even recognizing that the website attempts to present only a simple summary of provisions of the Constitution, the description is highly inaccurate, and should be immediately corrected so as not to mislead the American people as to the true nature and scope of the Second Amendment. There are two separate problems with the White House website.
Correction Number 1
The Second Amendment does not give citizens any rights. Rather, as the U.S. Supreme Court explained in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Second Amendment codifies,2 protects,3 and secure4 a right rather than grants, bestows, or gives one.
Correction Number 2
Additionally, the description on the White House website completely ignores the fact that the Second Amendment protects not only the right to bear arms but also to keep them.