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Originally Posted by ruchase
The 2nd amendment outdated and for too long the gun industry has used it as an argument to protect gun sales. Private militias are relics of the 19th century; we live in a democracy that is more than capable of defending itself from foreign invaders. Avid hunters don’t need an assault rifle to bring down a buck. I own a gun, but I’d be more than happy to give it up and live in a society where no one but law enforcement is entitled to guns.
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you have a woefully inadequate idea of what the Second Amendmant is about. too bad you did not have a good history/governemnt/civics teacher in school. The militia concept is there not only to aid in the defense of the country from outside threats, but primarily from a corrupt government. people who can defend themselves and rise up are citizens, those who can't are subjects. The signers of the document you so cavilerly dismiss had all been subjects. I further submit to you that the First Amendment and all others in the Bill of Rights are tied to and protected by the Second.
Most of us take our rights for granted b/c we have lived here all our lives. One has only to look abroad at despotic goverments to see what havoc and evil can be perpetrated by a bad government.