Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What did the Founders mean... [View all]Eko
(8,496 posts)does it show that it is the truth and always should be the truth. There have been 15 amendments added since the last of the founding fathers died some of them contradicting what they thought. As James Madison and Alexander Hamilton said in The Federalist Papers Madison said in No. 43: That useful alterations will be suggested by experience could not but be foreseen. Hamilton added in No. 85: I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man
.If the constitution proposed should once be ratified by all the [13] states as it stands, alterations in it may at any time be effected by nine states. (At that time, the nation consisted of 13 states, but the Constitution allowed for amendment through the initiative of nine, or two-thirds.) https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/constitution-check-does-the-amendment-process-need-to-be-amended
I think that even the founders would tell you that using a conclusion that is over 200 years old as a reasoning for an argument is not advisable.