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Except you aren't. To be historically accurate we really need to give rocket launchers and tanks to individuals.
Part of the reason for the 2nd (only a part) was so that people could protect themselves from the government.
Nope, we didn't have rocket launchers and tanks back in the 1780s. The 2A did not mention those so they are excluded.
And yes, the militia bit was a very important part. The US did not have a standing army back then, calling up the militia was all it had in times of need.
Outlaw guns. Remove the 2nd Amendment.
Just get it over with already. Hunters can use slingshots and pocket knives.
We can defend our homes with baseball bats.
Nope, we didn't have rocket launchers and tanks back in the 1780s. The 2A did not mention those so they are excluded.
And yes, the militia bit was a very important part. The US did not have a standing army back then, calling up the militia was all it had in times of need.
The term in the amendments is arms. "arms" is clearly broad enough to include anything up to and including A bombs. Explosives would have been considered "arms" at the time.
If you read the writings of the time it is pretty clear what the founders neant...which was a citizenrly able to overthrow the government.
I believe all the major players know this and are engaged in a wide conspiracy to avoid such an interpretation. And with no one interested in defending the actual intent they get away with it.
And note that it is probably not possible to amend the second in any direction. You need more than a majority to do that and no position will get that sort of support. So a standoff resolved by a conspiracy so the problem of the second does not have to be dealt with.
Whiskey Rebellion? Those were state militias called up by their governors and led by Washington.
The militias were ineffective in the war of 1812 and became pretty much a scandal in the following period.
The thought at the founding was they would control the feds. Did not work out.
Eh, not quite. Washington had the state gov'ts call up their militia. And in turn became the only president to actually take military command.
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