[Mad4stevie]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Grammatically, it is not in the Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...s_Constitution

The NRA and other crazies need for it to be in the Const. so that it is harder for the Federal Government to control the sale of arms. The same thing applies with abortion. If it is not a Const. right (the right to privacy is judicial law - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...ofprivacy.html ) - the governments can regulate and/or ban it.

Well, I guess we will find out exactly how "the right to bear arms" is to be interpreted when the Supreme Court takes this issue on during this court term. I wouldn't say it isn't IN the Constitution . . . we don't know that yet, quite frankly, until the S.C. examines it:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/qp/07-00290qp.pdf

As you have indicated, there are constitutional rights not specifically stated in the Constitution, like the "right to privacy". However, I think the language of the 2nd Amendment and its possible interpretation is different than the penumbra "right to privacy".