Time Magazine gets it wrong again

[alfsauve]

"Your Bill of Rights
In 1789, the United States sought to make the union more perfect, drawing up 10 amendments to the Constitution now known as the Bill of Rights. In this series of ten short videos, TIME brings to life the words of the Founding Fathers and explores how these deeply felt ideas about liberty and property have evolved into the amendments as we interpret them today."

Even in this lead-off paragraph they missed some things.   The first sentence, for starters, is unclear as to who drew up the amendments.  The "United States" isn't exactly accurate.   It was the First Congress of the United States that drew up these amendments.  Secondly, there were 12 of them.   Of course, of the 12, only ten were ratified and became actual amendments.....but not in 1789......in 1791.   (One other proposed amendment was eventually ratified in 1992 and became the 27th amendment.)

But it's the last phrase that's the key to this, "....as we interpret them today."

[MikeBjerum]

I finally "get it."  Is there someplace where I can turn in all my guns?   I really shouldn't have them because I'm not in a state sponsored malitia.  And I certainly won't need protection against the Federal Government.  /sarc off

How can a news magazine get so many things wrong in a little over 3-and-a-half minutes?  These people have skills.

Sheesh.

Drop me a PM, and I'll send you a shipping label 

[Pathfinder]

Drop me a PM, and I'll send you a shipping label 

You do remember my address for the shipping label, right?

[Hazcat]

You do remember my address for the shipping label, right?

Drop me a PM, and I'll send you a shipping label 

Sorry guys, I'm closest.  I can just go pick 'em up.  

[crusader rabbit]

Hmmm...  I guess we really do need a sarcasm emoticon.  

Grumble, grumble, dim bulbs, grumble, such disappointments, grumble, grumble...

[Sponsor]

[tt11758]

I finally "get it."  Is there someplace where I can turn in all my guns?  I really shouldn't have them because I'm not in a state sponsored militia.  And I certainly won't need protection against the Federal Government.  /sarc off

How can a news magazine get so many things wrong in a little over 3-and-a-half minutes?  These people have skills.

Sheesh.

The "Official Firearms Collection Station" for those in your area code happens to have the same address as my house.