New School Textbook Attempts To Rewrite the Second Amendment

When we were in school most of us studied the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We know about freedom of the religion and of the press, and, of course, the controversial (at least to the anti-gun crowd) 2nd Amendment.

Ah, the 2nd Amendment, the one that reads: 'A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'

But a newly distributed elementary school textbook is causing quite a stir. The problem is, it describes the amendment this way: The amendment states that people have the right to certain weapons'. In fact, here's the precise textbook passage:

'This amendment states that people have the right to certain weapons, providing that they register them and they have not been in prison.'

Not exactly what the Constitution really says, is it?

'A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'

No matter your stance on 2nd Amendment interpretation, it's obvious that it should be taught as written. Deviating from the original wording and the Founding Fathers reasoning is bound to have consequences.