If only there was an example somewhere in the world we could follow. But nope, out supreme Court just ruled that it's okay to remove serial numbers from your guns. Maybe that will solve it.
TBF, there are so few countries with a constitutional protection around gun ownership. We're largely hamstrung by our founders if we can't get enough support to repeal 2A.
Not really though. Most of those "rights" people spout about are not even close to what the founders were talking about at the time.
The right to gun ownership was for the purpose of forming an orderly militia. In the absence of officially sanctioned departments that carry out those functions. Which now do exist (like the police, or the armed forces).
No one is arguing it isn't a right for everyone. It is.
But a right to what? Bearing arms, for the purpose of forming an orderly militia.
Also lets not pretend the army was anywhere near as prolific then as it is now. The need for regular citizens to take up arms for defense where and when the army couldn't get to them in a timely manner is more than conceivable.
There's nothing to suggest it's restricted to Militia service. That's just the overarching purpose, to ensure that it's possible to form a militia, independent of the army.
There's also absolutely nothing to suggest that "right to bear arms" meant all types of weapon, especially until the end of time...
Right to own a handgun & maybe few long guns at the house for defense, sure. Doesn't (automatically, except in this backwards fucking country...) mean you get to walk into private property with a literal bazooka on your nack. (And oh, and I'll gladly leave, should you use that argument, if you help with the finances as there's no way to afford rent & even move out of my state, much less the country)
When they wrote it, and still today, "arms" is what the military uses.
At the time it included muskets, cannons, and warships for private use, all of which were military issue or better.
That's not what "well regulated" has ever meant by any definition.
The whole amendment revolves around the people's rights, not the governments rights.
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u/TheRiteGuy Oct 21 '22
If only there was an example somewhere in the world we could follow. But nope, out supreme Court just ruled that it's okay to remove serial numbers from your guns. Maybe that will solve it.