Countries . What does the Second Amendment actually say . What could the United States government do to keep its citizens safer . Call this the stop the madness show. And now heres my take. He was a sick man a demented man. That was donald trump trying to explain the latest mass shooting in the United States. We hear this view expressed routinely after every new incident but it is a dodge, a distortion of the facts and a cop out as to the necessary response. Theres no evidence that the las vegas shooter was insane. Youll notice by the way i prefer not to use his name and give him publicity. We wont show his photo either. He did not have a history of Mental Illness that we know of nor reported for behavior that would suggest any such condition. He was clearly an evil man. But evil is not crazy. If we define the attempt to take an innocent human beings life as madness, then, of course, every murderer is mad. If not we should recognize it is a meaningless term that adds little to our unde
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. they might be the most debated 27 words in the english language. listen to what former chief justice of the united states warren burger, a conservative nominated by richard nixon had to say in 1991 about the amendment. this has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud i repeat the word fraud on the american public by special interest groups that i have ever seen in my lifetime. i want to bring in one of america s finest constitutional scholars to discuss his words and more broadly what the second amendment means. akhil amarah is a law professor at yale university. what burger was talking about there was the fact that in his view, there had been a reinterpretation of the second amendment in the 1970s to claim that individuals have this