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In reply to the discussion: Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis [View all]HighFired49
(351 posts)Since being a new country in the 1790s, the states/Feds. didn't have the money to arm militias, and when they needed them, the members were required to bring their own weapons. In some towns, where the Indians were a constant threat, the men were even required to own muskets to protect their inhabitants. Now that we have a standing military and various police forces, militias are no longer required, and are in fact illegal in all 50 states. I think that the only way to rid ourselves of this blight is to use the "well regulated militia" part of the 2nd Amend. to justify getting rid of it entirely.
Maybe we could look closely at other countries' gun laws to see how we might fix ours. I know that the most salient difference is our 2nd Amendment, but maybe we could base new laws on the "regulated militia" portion of the amendment. I don't know what the answer is to this tragic mess, but we desperately need to fix it.