“Saturday Night Live” struck some comedy gold over the weekend with a depiction of how the Second Amendment came to be during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Actor Walton Goggins — known for his work in the television series “The Shield,” “The Righteous Gemstones,” and “Fallout” — portrayed a delegate named Matt at the convention.
The sketch opened with the presiding officer at the convention, played by James Austin Johnson, reading the First Amendment with great satisfaction and then asking his fellow delegates, what should be the “the second most important principle of our nation?”
“Guns!” Goggins sounded off.
Johnson was incredulous, but another delegate, played by Mikey Day, responded, “I don’t hate that.”
“Well, I do. It’s ridiculous,” Johnson says, and then asks, “Sir,
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