The 14th Amendment took away our control of gun rights and gun laws. And then, slowly, over time, the Federal Courts, without accountability, usurped that control. Now, because of the Federal Court’s involvement, it seems that we are perpetually ‘just’ one Justice’s vote away from getting or losing what we want.

That’s not right but that is an unintended consequence of the 14th Amendment.

We want to give control of gun rights and gun laws back to the People of the United States.

As it should be. The Second Amendment does not need to be changed in anyway, and, if anything, the interpretation of the Second Amendment should be strengthened to remove the vagaries of the Federal Courts from its effectiveness.

So, what did the Second Amendment do? It prohibited the Federal Government from regulating the arms of all citizens of the United States collectively and left it to the State and local governments to regulate their State militia and the arms of their citizens. It certainly didn’t say that nobody should be responsible for regulating arms. That would be irresponsible.

However, that is what the 14th Amendment did.

The 14th Amendment, as interpreted by the US Supreme Court, basically says if the Federal Government cannot regulate arms then neither can the State or local governments. We think that is irresponsible, an unintended consequence of the 14th Amendment. And worse . . .

Our laws should fit our needs and desires now. Originally, good laws were created for the benefit of society. However, sometimes, things change, and sometimes, what once was perceived as a good law is now perceived as a step behind and should to be changed.

Amending the 14th Amendment is not a movement for or against gun rights, or for or against gun laws. It is a movement to remove gun regulation from the Federal Courts and place it squarely in the hands of the people.

What is equally disconcerting is the Federal Courts have expanded the reach of the 14th Amendment slowly, inch-by-inch, on a case-by-case basis. This expanded interpretation should be reined in legislatively and not left to the vagaries of a particular Federal Court and the inevitable change in that Court’s ideological make-up.

We need to change the 14th Amendment to re-establish each States’ Rights and Protections because, over time, the Courts have changed their interpretation of the 14th Amendment.

We believe, in regard to the Second Amendment, one size fits all does not work.

Since our Constitution was ratified, it has been amended 27 times. We believe the time has come to amend our Constitution again. It’s time to amend the 14th Amendment.

In the vernacular of the Framers:

We want to amend the 14th Amendment so that the restrictions of the Second Amendment are not incorporated by the Courts against the States.

Amending the 14th Amendment will remove gun legislation from the purview of the Courts.

This will return the responsibility and the obligation of protecting our gun rights and controlling our gun laws back to the States and squarely in the hands of we the people.

After we Amend the 14th Amendment, we anticipate some places - Montana, for example - may want fewer restrictions, and some places - maybe Chicago - will want more regulations. Importantly, both will have the ability to get what they want and live in the type of community they want because we worked together today to “Amend the 14th Amendment.”