Biden declares, ‘No amendment to Constitution is absolute’........

SunnySlopes · Apr 8, 2021

......... as he rolls out gun measures

https://nypost.com/2021/04/08/biden-announces-new-executive-orders-on-gun-control/

President Biden on Thursday announced a slew of new gun control measures after a recent pair of high-profile mass shootings, and insisted the Second Amendment doesn’t grant an absolute right to own guns.

Biden presented the executive actions in the Rose Garden, joined by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Vice President Kamala Harris.

“No amendment to the Constitution is absolute,” Biden maintained, pointing to the famous Supreme Court ruling that you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater as part of the First Amendment’s free speech clause.

No amendment to the Constitution is absolute? How far is he willing to go with that?

Phaedrus/69 · Apr 8, 2021

I dunno, but he seems to correct. Even the sainted Justice Scalia felt there were limits to the rights recognized by the 2nd Amendment. Really every right has some limit attached to it by the courts. For example your freedom of speak doesn't extend to shouting FIRE in a crowded theater nor does it extend to slander and libel. We often lose sight of the fact that rights are bounded by responsibilities.

GEM · Apr 8, 2021

We have discussed that intensively. Our legal expert - Frank Ettin has well researched posts on the issue. I don't have the time to find one now but search on his name. They are not absolute.

Thus, I'm going to close this.

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