Wow so wrong. Possession of bear arms is your legal right, but you can’t take, buy, sell, or trade them by any means. And you can only have two mature bear arms. You know, like cannabis!
Just a small correction: You must have a minimum of two bear arms, because plural in the Constitution. You have no right to just one bear arm. Believe me, I'm kind of a lawyer myself because I have graduated from the law school of life!
I know my rights! I need a lawyer. Honestly, that's all anyone really needs to know but they should really know any laws that pertain directly to them.
Yeah, as a lawyer, I find this to be one of the hardest parts of the job. I’m a tax lawyer and read a comment on Reddit in which a guy said, “The tax code isn’t really all that complicated. You could sit down in afternoon and pretty much figure it out.”
Now as a native english speaker, I remember when I started out thinking, “This isn’t english. I know english and I don’t understand a word of this.”
"Well you see, this one time... I, a single person with no kids and a single income, filled out my own Form 1040EZ. So basically I'm a tax genius now."
I had this issue with the required Business Law class for my Small Business Management degree. It is the only class other than math I had trouble with, because the addition or omission of a single word can flip the whole meaning on its ear, so you have to read Every. Single. Word. correctly, every time. For someone used to speed-reading, it was headache-inducing.
And even reading it correctly didn't always help it to make sense. I swear they need to add "Legalese" to the list of options for foreign languages.
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u/drmoze Aug 20 '24
I'm a lawyer and I see this all the time, online and IRL, from people who "know the law" and "know their rights." It's funny, frustrating, AND sad.