In my original argument that the Second Amendment protects a collective, that is, government, right to bear arms, not any individual right, I pointed to several reasons:
1. Militia, as described in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution,[1] resembles the National Guard—under the jurisdiction of the states. The vagueness of the second amendment in also referring to a militia[2] permits the same interpretation.
2. There appears to be no upper limit in the second amendment to the arms that may be borne. I argued that an individual right to bear arms implied an individual right to nuclear arms.
Well, here we are, with the U.S. Department of Justice under Donald Trump refusing to rule out that the individual right to bear arms includes, yes, nuclear arms.[3]
[1] U.S. Const., Art. I, §8.
[2] U.S. Const., Amend. 2.
[3] Tess M. Fardon and Shira Lauren Feldman, “Trump DOJ Refuses to Rule Out Second Amendment Right to Nuclear Weapons,” Slate, March 27, 2026, https://apple.news/ASh6aIVpqTyC2U142YjbazA
1. Militia, as described in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution,[1] resembles the National Guard—under the jurisdiction of the states. The vagueness of the second amendment in also referring to a militia[2] permits the same interpretation.
2. There appears to be no upper limit in the second amendment to the arms that may be borne. I argued that an individual right to bear arms implied an individual right to nuclear arms.
Well, here we are, with the U.S. Department of Justice under Donald Trump refusing to rule out that the individual right to bear arms includes, yes, nuclear arms.[3]
[1] U.S. Const., Art. I, §8.
[2] U.S. Const., Amend. 2.
[3] Tess M. Fardon and Shira Lauren Feldman, “Trump DOJ Refuses to Rule Out Second Amendment Right to Nuclear Weapons,” Slate, March 27, 2026, https://apple.news/ASh6aIVpqTyC2U142YjbazA
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Trump DOJ Refuses to Rule Out Second Amendment Right to Nuclear Weapons
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[1] Stephen Zunes, “March 28, 2026 (Saturday),” March 29, 2026, https://stephenzunes962006.substack.com/p/march-28-2026-saturday
[1] Stephen Zunes, “March 28, 2026 (Saturday),” March 29, 2026, https://stephenzunes962006.substack.com/p/march-28-2026-saturday
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/27/how-trump-bombed-us-into-worse-position-iran-strategic-failure
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