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rollingstoner215 t1_jczs2vz wrote

The founders did intend the 2nd amendment to be for the purposes of a well-regulated militia though. No harm in accepting their wisdom in this instance and sticking to the original intention.

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31November t1_jd0tymr wrote

My point exactly!! Why don’t we have A WELL REGULATED MILITIA requirement?

Hell, I want men in knee-high boots and muskets on every corner to keep us safe. That’s what the founders intended.

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rollingstoner215 t1_jd0xykl wrote

Not exactly… the founders feared civilian uprisings similar to Shay’s Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion, and knew they might need a way to marshal armed forces quickly. At the time standing armies were seen as somewhat tyrannical, and the founders did not envision a strong federal government with access to soldiers like that. Militias were a solution, and so that each militiaman could bring his own weapons to battle, the Second Amendment was written into the Bill of Rights.

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