Yet, at the time that the Second Amendment was drafted, militias, and not individuals, were the relevant entities.
Last week's amendment was drafted with the help of the D.C.-based museum and Wiesel's commission.
Approval by both is expected since the amendment was drafted by a committee that included representatives from all parties in parliament.
Unfortunately the amendment was drafted and passed through parliament in rather a hurry, with very little time to correct problems that were raised during the consultation.
The constitutional amendment was drafted by Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, the House minority leader, to find a way to limit money in politics despite Supreme Court rulings that have called spending limits, but not contribution limits, unconstitutional.
Gray's office also warned that as the House Republican amendment was drafted, the city needs to determine if the action could force the city to shut down its entire medical marijuana program, which started last year.
Second, the brief observes that the amendment was drafted as a limitation on the authority of the federal government, not of the states, and that even if the District of Columbia is considered the equivalent of a state, "legislation limited to the District can pose no threat to the interests the Second Amendment was enacted to protect".
The pair had latched on to an amendment being drafted by the Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson aimed at persuading the prime minister to submit her Brexit deal to a "confirmatory vote" by the public in exchange for support for it in the Commons.
Over 70 proposals for an amendment were drafted.
A year or so ago a poorly-prepared article suggested that the second amendment was drafted to regulate slave militias in the states.
The issue, moreover, was certainly on no one's radar screen in the 1860s, when the 14th Amendment was drafted and ratified.
