"The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "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." Such language has created considerable debate regarding the Amendment's intended scope. On the one hand, some believe that the Amendment's phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" creates an individual constitutional right for citizens of the United States. Under this "individual right theory," the United States Constitution restricts legislative bodies from prohibiting firearm possession, or at the very least, the Amendment renders prohibitory and restrictive regulation presumptively unconstitutional. On the other hand, some scholars point to the prefatory language "a well regulated Militia" to argue that the Framers intended only to restrict Congress from legislating away a state's right to self-defense. Scholars have come to call this theory "the collective rights theory." A collective rights theory of the Second Amendment asserts that citizens do not have an individual right to possess guns and that local, state, and federal legislative bodies therefore possess the authority to regulate firearms without implicating a constitutional right."
(https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment)
We are all VERY aware of the second amendment. But have you heard about the Texas University that is allowing students to arm themselves on campus?
Here's the scoop:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mbvd/texas-house-passes-b...
Thanks buzzfeed!
But if you were too lazy to read that then here's the 101- Texas House of Congress passed a bill allowing students to carry registered arms on campus. BUT the bill was passed when students were NOT on campus to even have a say. So now, students in Texas are protesting absurdity with absurdity. They are raising awareness but selling GIANT sex toys on their campus which are said to be not allowed? Refinery29 did an excellent write up on what's happening on campus-
http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/120840/cocks-not...
So how do you feel about this situation? Should students have guns on campus, or should there be more campus security?
Also, I think it's absurd to be written up for a dildo/vibrator and be able to have a gun?? Anyone else?
Thoughts and comments are much appreciated in a time like this!
