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In the US Constitution the 2nd Amendment is written as follows

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

"well regulated Militia" doesn't mean the government should regulate it, it means in working order/functioning. This is old speak.

The point was to keep government in check basically "If you start acting tyrannically we have some goons who will take you out" that's the whole point. Think about it they just got out if a war with Britain who was being tyrannical via taxes.

If the original meaning isn't going to be respected then the whole document is trash.
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MoneRogue 4mo ago

Not to mention the Founding Fathers would definitely agree with this definition.

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself." - George Washington

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson

"The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams

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