Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Pennsylvania

The 2nd amendment does not grant anyone the right to own guns. The amendment recognizes a persons god given right to arm himself, or herself. Making clear that under no circumstances shall that god given right be infringed. So how does the US government deny criminals their god given rights, past sentencing?


Asked on 7/13/16, 3:25 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

The constitution does not say that any rights are God-given. Except for the date at the end ("...in the year of our Lord..."), it doesn't mention God at all. Many of the founding fathers believed certain rights were God-given, but they chose not to make that belief part of the Constitution.

I don't know of any religion which says either that God decreed a right to bear arms or that earthly authorities can't take rights away from criminals.

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Answered on 7/13/16, 3:58 pm


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