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In reply to the discussion: I no longer give two f*cks about your 2nd Amendment rights. [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)If the Founders wanted the word 'individual' in the 2A they would have put it in there. They were very good with wording. We have the 2A because the British came back in 1812 with a vengeance. That is recorded history.
Also like someone else said up thread, slave patrols and for many outposts as a posse comitatus. The key word is 'well-regulated', as stated first by the Founders that understood how stupid people can get.
Personally I don't care if target shooters or hunters have their firearms. My point is in modern times the 2A means the National Guard, which is there to protect us against the federal government. That is it's purpose. Call up citizen soldiers to quell federal tyranny.
You have your right to bear and keep firearms, join the National Guard. Or just be a hunter or sports enthusiast. Is that too hard? All this over your right to have a hobby or go hunting? Ridiculous, ludicrous, now the meaning is warped by groups like the NRA and preppers waiting in their fallout shelter.
The 1A promises us to be unconditional on our right to express ourselves in our own home in the case of self defense. The 2A has nothing to do with home defense. It did. I won't argue that.