Comments on: 2nd Amendment Preservation Act Introduced in Oklahoma

By: Defending The 2nd Amendment | The Legal Examiner Kansas City

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By: ChuckWardIII

ChuckWardIII — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:33:56 +0000

@dweyrich Bravo, Bravo, Bravo. Exactly. The ATF’s own definition of firearm is not the same as arms in the Constitution either. I will repost this to my FB if you don’t mind as well.

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By: salomj9

salomj9 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:35:40 +0000

Come on Oregon. I believe in you!

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By: dweyrich

dweyrich — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:04:45 +0000

As an Oklahoman, my concern is with the terminolgy of using firearms instead of “arms”. I’ve contact my Oklahoma state senator (Holt) and state rep (Echols). I sent the following to both:
In light of the recent events, I would like to raise a point of consideration in the event the Oklahoma state legislature moves forward with legislation protecting the right to keep and bear arms.
The word “arms” in the Second Amendment is critical in the current debate. In many pieces of legislation introduced in other state legislatures and assemblies to support the right to keep or bear arms, (or to restrict the right), I am hard pressed to find the word “arms”. The term “firearm(s)” and/or “weapon(s)” is used most often, neither of which is used in the text of the Second Amendment. And thus, theoretically, legislation purported to support the right to keep and bear “arms” would in effect by useless. And legislation purported to infringe on “firearms & weapons” would be effective.
By using the term “arms” in place of the common terms “firearms & weapons” in legislation designed to protect the right to keep and bear arms, such legislation is in complete accord with the Second Amendment in protecting the right to keep and bear “arms”. Any legislation thereafter that seeks to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms that uses the terms “firearms & weapons” would be null and void as they would not be describing that which the Second Amendment protects from infringement… “arms”.
I encourage you therefore to consider this point when introducing or supporting any legislation that seeks to protect the right to keep and bear arms. Although it many seem a matter of semantics, it is quite important in acknowledging that words in the English language, especially in the arena of legal terminology, unequivocally protect our rights from infringement by government. The Second Amendment protects from infringement upon “arms”. It is essential in my opinion that legislation use the exact same term of “arms” in order to protect the right.”
Echols reply:
Thank you very much for your email. Second Amendment protection is of the utmost importance to me and I will be co-authoring at least one major piece of legislation regarding it that will be offered by Representative Dan Fisher. While I have studied the issue, I have never thought about the exact issue you have raised. I think you are completely correct. Semantics do matter and as a legislator I should strive to be as exact as possible.
I am very grateful for all constituent contact, but this particular email was one of the most helpful I have received. I will take this advise into consideration when making drafting decisions on all future second amendment issues. Thank you for the thoughts.
If you ever have any further questions or concerns of any kind, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Representative Jon Echols