Constitutional Amendments

       There are several areas of the Constitution that over the course of history have been shown to need clarification. Here are some proposed amendments. Since I am not a lawyer or Constitutional scholar, the wording of these proposed amendments may need to be tinkered with, but you get the idea of what I am proposing.
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This one has been floating around the internet for awhile and I think it has a great deal of merit. If the ruling class in Washington, D.C. had to follow the same rules as us, maybe they would take a harder look at any legislation that they passed.
        Proposed 28th Amendment -
          "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
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The 20th amendment limited the number of terms a president can serve. This proposed amendment probably should be have been incorporated into the 20th, but since it wasn't, let's pass it now and get back to the citizen legislators our Founding Fathers envisioned.
       Proposed 29th Amendment - 
         No Senator shall ever be elected to more than two terms and no Representative shall ever be elected to more than 6 terms.
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This Amendment has always created a fire storm of controversy because of the mention of militia and it's subsequent misinterpretations. The Founding Fathers meant for each individual to possess firearms, because in Colonial times, the Militia was an armed people - farmers, merchants, etc.
       Proposed 30th Amendment - 
          The Second Amendment to the Constitution is hereby repealed  and replaced by the following. "The Right of the People to purchase, own, possess, carry, or store any type of "arm" shall never be restricted in any way by Federal, State, or Local governments unless the citizen has been convicted of a felony.
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If you read the Federalist papers, it will be shown that the "Commerce clause", which was originally intended to prevent the States from imposing tariffs on each other, has been bastardized to mean that the Federal Government can pass just about any legislation it wishes. This needs to be corrected. Power must be returned to the States.
      Proposed 31st Amendment - 
              Article I, Section 8 Phrase -  "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes" shall be removed and the following inserted in it's place. "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Regulating Commerce among the several states shall mean only preventing tariffs or any other restriction on trade in goods between States. The Federal Government is forbidden to impose any legislation on the States or People that are not enumerated in this document".