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Originally Posted by jblum315
The so-called second amendment right to bear arms applied to the militia, not to individuals.
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I'm not a gun owner, but.....
It is not a "so-called" second amendment---it IS the second amendment, and as part of our constitution is the highest law of the land
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the
PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Back then, the people WERE the militia, we had no standing army
But if you read Jefferson, he also felt that an armed civilian population was the best defense against the tyranny of government. We had just fought the revolution against just such tyranny.
The far left just loves revisionist history, but fortunately this one is pretty much written in stone. Funny how they do not launch an assault on the 4th, 19th or 24th amendments