Swampfox Wrote:I’m sorry but I’m going to go a ramble, but we have allowed our government over the years to kill many of our freedoms. As with guns why the hell do we have to let the government tell us we are allowed to have a SBR, or a FA gun?Why? Primarily because:
a. The courts (conservative and liberal) have upheld the laws.
b. The people did not force the government to rescind the laws.
Swampfox Wrote:The reason for 2nd amedment for the people to be the finial check to protect this country a tyrannical government. The idea is if the military or police force has a type of weapon the people should have it so they can protect the republic.That's what the militia was supposed to do. What passes for the militia these days is the National Guard, which (except for nukes) does have the same types of weapons as the Federal government.
Swampfox Wrote:By the way I’m not debating the existence of God I’m stating what our founding fathers believed.The Founding Fathers believed many things.
Most of them believed they had the right to enslave black people (who apparently were not endowed with any "God given" rights).
Nearly all of them believed that white women should not have the same rights as white men.
Thomas Jefferson believed that we should not go even 20 years without having a bloody, armed rebellion against the government.
I don't much care what the Founding Fathers believed. More important is what people today believe. And even more important is what they do.