@oralloy,
Quote:First, on the political power level, you don't get to pass any federal gun legislation without people like me first agreeing to let you do it.
Nah. If that were the case, there wouldn't be such variation in gun control legislation state to state. Like California, New York, Penn, etc etc
Quote:Second, on the scholarship level, the fact that I am completely correct in every respect makes my views pretty central to any discussion of what the Constitution actually means.
Nah. How the federal constitution is read or interpreted via the SC is determined by the makeup of that body, past and present and future. If the document was as complete and unambiguous as you suggest then all SC justices would concur at all times and that's not even true as regards Scalia and Thomas or Roberts and Alito.
Farmerman is right. You have a zest or a need for the simple. Indeed, the simplest. It's not healthy though it might feel nice.
But I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you are simply trolling.