LETTER: NY state law defies Second Amendment and right to bear arms – The Daily Freeman

Dear Editor:

Why did our Founders add the right to bear arms to our Bill of Rights? It was because some felt that without this guarantee, the federal government would disarm the people in order to disable the citizens militia, enabling a politicized standing army or a select militia to rule.

So New York state, under the leadership of liberal elected officials, has shackled its citizens with gun-control legislation. What is the reason? is New York state leading the way for state control of constitutional rights? Given the control of the state by Democratic, liberal elected and appointed officials and the new changes in our judicial bail system, one can only wonder: Are we heading toward a state government that will try to eliminate our freedom?

The U.S Supreme Court, in its 2008 ruling inDistrict of Columbia v. Heller, held that the Second Amendment protects an individuals right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that weapon for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense, within the home. Moreover, this right applies not just to the nation, but to states and municipalities.

The court reasoned that this right is fundamental to the nations scheme of ordered liberty, given that self-defense was a basic right recognized by many legal systems from ancient times to the present, and the court, in the Heller ruling, held that individual self-defense was the central component of the Second Amendment right.

Protect your rights.

Joseph Izzo

Catskill, N.Y.

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