Will the Czech Republic Get a Second Amendment?

[Gman]

Interesting article: Will the Czech Republic Get a Second Amendment?

The Constitution?s guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms is unique on the world stage. And while courts and legislators routinely ignore or warp the words of the Second Amendment, it?s stood as a bulwark against the worst kinds of anti-gun policies in places like Canada, Australia, and Europe.

This year, one of those European counties may be taking a step towards what Americans have enjoyed since 1776.

For several years, conservatives in the Czech Republic?s parliament have been pushing to add the right to armed self-defense as one of the ?fundamental human rights and freedoms,? according to David Harsanyi writing in National Review.

?The right to defend one?s own life or the life of another person with a weapon is guaranteed under the conditions laid down by law,? the proposed amendment reads.

[MrPrena]

1 out of 260ish country is [might be] going the right path. Shame on other countries.

Good time to buy CZ Shadow or TSO.

[Martinjmpr]

Doesn't really mean much if the "right" is written in a way where the law can take it right back away.

England has a Right to keep and bear arms, too.

The English Bill of Rights of 1689 (which was a model for our own BoR) states that:

That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defense suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law;

Note the qualification "as allowed by law."

That means that English Protestants have the absolute right to keep arms for their defense - unless "the law" says otherwise, of course.