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Originally Posted by outlaw
If you believe that one of the purposes of the 2nd A is to defend against an oppressive government, then what better weapon for the citizen to possess than than those used on the battlefield?
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The rebels would be taking on the police SWAT teams, the military, and the like.
I do not believe the 2nd Amendment was even written with such a scenario in mind. It was written in case the British or some power like the Canadians or Mexicans came at the fledgling US like with the War of 1812, battles along the Mexican-American border and various Indian Wars. They wanted militias that were well armed in the very real possibility that attacks would come as they had before in the lifetimes of the Founding Fathers.
They wanted Minute Men not terrorists like those fighting in the French and other Revolutions.
https://history.state.gov/milestones...800/french-rev
First and foremost these were people who fought with the pen and not the sword.
National Constitution Center