04-14-2018, 03:29 PM
Summarizing the 2A: 1. States the purpose of the militia; 2. Confirms the pre-existing right of the people to keep and bear arms (which ultimately supports manning the militia).
The purpose of the militia was to: 1. Eliminate the need for a standing army (i.e. fear of tyranny); 2. Provide for defense of state and country.
The purpose of RKBA (acknowledged as a pre-existing right) was for: 1. Self Defense; 2. Defense of community (local, state, country); 3. Sporting purposes (i.e. hunting).
The overwhelming majority of 18th and 19th Century writings, debates, INTENT, was that 2A guaranteed RKBA for the people for the reasons listed above; ultimately to support the manning of the militia.
If the militia was the ONLY reason for 2A, then the Founders would have enabled the federal government to have de facto gun control by limiting the membership of the militia by legislation. What then, is the reason for confirming the "pre-existing" right to keep and bear arms for the people?
This would render "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" completely meaningless and a waste of the paper upon which it was written.
This was never the Founders intent (as can be gleaned by actually reading what they said/meant).
Propagating otherwise is merely the work of progressive gun grabbers and their "useful idiots".
The purpose of the militia was to: 1. Eliminate the need for a standing army (i.e. fear of tyranny); 2. Provide for defense of state and country.
The purpose of RKBA (acknowledged as a pre-existing right) was for: 1. Self Defense; 2. Defense of community (local, state, country); 3. Sporting purposes (i.e. hunting).
The overwhelming majority of 18th and 19th Century writings, debates, INTENT, was that 2A guaranteed RKBA for the people for the reasons listed above; ultimately to support the manning of the militia.
If the militia was the ONLY reason for 2A, then the Founders would have enabled the federal government to have de facto gun control by limiting the membership of the militia by legislation. What then, is the reason for confirming the "pre-existing" right to keep and bear arms for the people?
This would render "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" completely meaningless and a waste of the paper upon which it was written.
This was never the Founders intent (as can be gleaned by actually reading what they said/meant).
Propagating otherwise is merely the work of progressive gun grabbers and their "useful idiots".
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