Why was 2nd amendment written?

Evmetro said:
Why do you think the 2nd amendment was written?
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Actually, no one has been able to definitively answer that question, no Supreme Court, not even Scalia, that is why he skipped over the prefatory clause, so much for his whacky "orginialism" charade
 
Triplelefthook said:
I'm not saying that I was just asking for an opinion.

In this vain, do you think that if the USA is being true to the founders original vision that the US should disband the large standing army?

I do not think the US should get rid of the 2nd amendment or get rid of guns, just a question of reason: do you think that the 2nd amendment is at odds with the existence of a large standing army?
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the constitution specifically allows congress to maintain a military force........so I don't necessarily think that the 2nd is at odds with that force, more of a opposing force if necessary
 
archives said:
Actually, no one has been able to definitively answer that question, no Supreme Court, not even Scalia, that is why he skipped over the prefatory clause, so much for his whacky "orginialism" charade
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you ignore 235 years of other court precedent and founders original statements about it
 
archives said:
Actually, no one has been able to definitively answer that question, no Supreme Court, not even Scalia, that is why he skipped over the prefatory clause, so much for his whacky "orginialism" charade
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Anybody can answer this, ANYBODY. The opening post only asks why YOU think this amendment was written, it does not ask for the actual reason.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
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The intent of the second amendment was that all able bodied and "free" (today this could be taken to mean those of sound mind and not having a violent criminal record) adult Americans should have, own, and know how to use military grade individual weapons like assault rifles, pistols, or a machinegun. The intent was that in time of national crisis or war such Americans would organize themselves into local "militias" without the government's need to interfere in that happening and they would then defend their communities.

In realistic terms, the Swiss model is very similar to this where every able bodied adult male is issued an assault rifle to keep at home and is additionally issued ammunition annually by the government to practice with. Shooting clubs, and other quasi-military activities are encouraged as well. If the nation is invaded, then everyone takes up arms to defend the country.

Possession of arms outside this are for practical purposes like self-defense, defense of one's home, or hunting. That's an extension of "the militia" idea.

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Lefties cannot assemble an objective reply like this. It could be that it is not politically correct to have an independent opinion of why the second was written, or maybe they just don't know what lefty dogma permits them to think about this. Either way, all they have to offer here is evasion.
 
Yakuda said:
A leftists are. Look hown they behave when a black person gets all uppity and wants to think for themselves. The left is a wretched bag of shit.
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A black that chooses to not be on the Democrat plantation is called an Uncle Tom.
 
CFM said:
A black that chooses to not be on the Democrat plantation is called an Uncle Tom.
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Exactly. Did you see chelsea "I'm a filthy fucking whore" handler offer sex to her ex boyfriend 50 cent if he voted for biden after he was talking about supporting trump?
 
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