Trump Thread

[Xiahou]

The idea that you can strip away all context from any document and then try to interpret it in any meaningful way is shit. Context gives words meaning.

I don't think originalism means stripping away all context. I think it means looking that the context it was passed in.

if strict textualists meant what they said, all gun owners would have to be will drilled, registered with their state, and willing to commit to training. Because they way that sentence is written, the reason for gun ownership is an organized militia.

This is..... not true. A strict reading of the 2A says no such thing. " the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" stands as an independent clause grammatically- your textualist argument fails. Feel free to produce any support from the framers that they meant, if you want to try the originalist approach.