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Amending the 2nd Amendment

Commentator Joe Davidson discusses a Texas court case that may redefine the limits of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. Davidson says that poor wording leaves the 2nd Amendment open to misinterpretation. He says the amendment really applies to citizen militias, ie, the National Guard, not to individual gun owners.

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