The purpose of the 2nd amendment is expressly warfare. The 2nd amendment was designed to point a loaded military grade weapon at the federal government.
Precisely. The Left manipulate language and law to accomodate their own ideas. The notion of self defense against criminal ne'er-do-well types is a modern concept. Self armed militia served as the first line of defense: against Indians, against the Spanish, and eventually, against the Military Forces of George III sent to the Colonies to suppress the people.
Patrick Henry could have never given his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in 1775 if Virginia did not have a viable body of citizens ready to wage war. For it was war that he had in mind, not defense against lawbreakers.
Yep, though actually all governments, not just the federales. And that is why they desperately want to outlaw them. They don't give a damn about murder victims and victims of crime. That's just smoke and mirrors.
They would outlaw rubber band guns if they thought people could use them to resist the government.