Challenging the Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution as a Sacred Text June 14, 2020 1 min read Photo by Marcin Wichary, Wikimedia Commons The United States tends to glorify its Founders and try to maintain a strange temporal connection to them. By John McNamara 052020-27-Guns-Second-Amendment-Constitution Originally published by the European Journal of American Studies 12:2 (Summer 2017) under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Generic license. About the Author Matthew McIntosh Administrator Visit Website View All Posts What do you feel about this? 0% Love 0% Funny 0% Wow 0% Sad 0% Angry Post navigation Previous: Constitutional and Biblical Fundamentalism Are Equally DangerousNext: Aerial Warfare during World War One Related Stories Trump Calls for “War From Within”: Militarizing U.S. Cities in Authoritarian Turn October 6, 2025 Trump, Hegseth, and the Perils of Unqualified Command October 6, 2025 From Denial to Doctrine: Trump’s Open Fascist Embrace of Project 2025 October 6, 2025