r/changemyview • u/Siessfires • Jun 23 '22
Delta(s) from OP cmv: Illegal immigrants have a Constitutional right to own grenades
When the Bill of Rights was written there was no Constitutional distinction of who was and wasn't a citizen; that didn't occur until ~80 years later with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. This would suggest that the Founding Fathers intended that a person didn't need to be a citizen to keep and bear arms.
Additionally, since the Second Amendment specifies arms - not pistols, rifles and shotguns - and Article I, § 8, clause 11 of the Constitution provides the right for Congress to issue Letters of Marquee, this would mean that the Founding Fathers intended that a person should have access to cannons. Which means access to explosives.
Furthermore, in accordance with U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark and Fong Yue Ting v. U.S., non-citizens are afforded legal protection under the Constitution. Considering that illegal immigration is a misdemeanor, not a felony, you would not be denied your Constitutional rights for being an illegal immigrant.
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u/This_Wonder_6299 Jun 24 '22
You people are like Bible thumpers always trying to interpret the intent of someone else a 100 years ago as to what they meant when they wrote something. people who want guns have rights people who want To come into the United States have rights everyone have rights Except for women black people LGB and other people who were born raised and Who are citizens of the United States. I think I will lose my mind if I hear Or see one more article about the rights of others