Olddude,

And the modification is illegal- so what use are MORE LAWS? ONLY a law-abiding person would NOT do something because it is illegal- and a person who commits murder is NOT a law-abiding person.




BillD,

If the founding fathers had known of amplifiers, radio, television, and the internet. the FIRST amendment would have been different as well. Where is YOUR flatbed , hand powered press? Where is your speaker's stand with NO microphone? And the idea of an audience greater than within physical hearing distance?...

Any modification due to technology either requires amendment OR must apply to ALL of the amendments. Would you state that the fourth amendment would NOT prohibit x-rays or MRI without consent, since that technology did not exist at the time?

Either "the right of the people " applies to all the items it is included in ( freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to possess weapons, etc) or it is not valid for any.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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."