It’s always been my understanding that the Second Amendment applied specifically to the establishment of the National Guard, so yes.

Do they use these weapons in a “well-regulated militia”?

REB and Daniel,
I take issue with the Second Amendment because it’s frozen in time. My goodness, this is the 21st Century; chemical propellants for weaponry are the modern equivalent of the horse and buggy. It’s time to revise the 2A to specify railguns.

Disagree with your politics but not all things that emanate from a toilet are pleasing or even make sense sometimes.

Your idea about First Amendment coins in the common man’s metal is an interesting one. Most (almost all) people have never read the Constitution, whether on the toilet or elsewhere. Perhaps a clad series could illuminate them about their rights AND responsibilities.

As for the Second Amendment, most common folk haven’t read that one either. But they shouldn’t feel alone. Based on the Supreme Court’s reading of the amendment in the Heller case and its progeny, it doesn’t appear that several justices of the Court have even looked at it.

Im not even in the States, yet I love the American constitution. We don’t have anything like that, indeed the majority of the world doesn’t have a “freedom of speech”. For example, in Australia, we have a “right to protest”, but that doesn’t mean you are free from consequence. The Covid lockdowns and subsequent protests (and arrests) were a disgusting example of the power of the government to repress speech.

But I digress. That beautiful constitution of yours affords rights to every citizen and should be accessible by all. A coin series based on your constitutional rights should be in a much cheaper silver … or even a Nickel/Bronze $1 coin. Platinum is ridiculous and sends a terrible message that laws only support the rich.

Then I looked and saw they aren’t even doing all of the amendments. What the hell? They are going to overlook the second amendment, which would easily have the highest sales of all. America could fund their next proxy war on 2A coin sales alone.

Kudos, Roger. I think you are ready to sit at the top of a mountain in wait for the answer-seeking folk from the valley to climb up and partake of your knowledge.

Roger, that is the best answer yet!

Funny stuff.

Knowledge is knowing an acorn is a fruit.

Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Carolina Reapers are way above my taste bud tolerance grade, Craig. On the other hand if you want to know the real meaning of bitter try Hawaiian Baby Wood Rose seeds; gagging would be the least of it. However, and this is a back to the late 1960’s footnote, if you soak off the skins and wrap the peeled seeds in a high-flavor food, you’ll discover how powerfully mind-altering ingesting just a few of them can be as they happen to contain naturally occurring lysergic acid.