[buffaloguy]

the second amendment is specifically to provide the populace with the ability to wage war.

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I have not heard it put that way before, but it is correct. Perfect in fact and I will try it out on my left wing friends.

[KitJ]

"...my left wing friends..."

Eww.

[RitaOK]

An add on to the 2A argument is that it’s point recognized the people’s armed fire power was at that time EQUAL to that of the government.

It was not written to so subjugate or so reduce citizen armaments as to be of little or no effect against that of any criminal threat to life and liberty or tyrannical government.