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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, [b]the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.[/b][/i]
You can't take it away from us. [/quote]

What militia are you part of? How is it being regulated?[/quote]

This is what the 2nd amendment says:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the [b]right of the people[/b] to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

It is the right of the people, We the people, not the militia, that shall not be infringed.

This is what you want it to say:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the [b]right of the militia[/b] to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.[/quote]

It is clumsy wording that has received bastardized interpretation. A militia is comprised of the people being referenced. Like I said, enjoy your guns now. Compensate for your inadequacies, feel strong, kill something, etc. A future government/court will take care of this as the current generation will not. We are at the apex of gun ownership. [/quote]

It's extremely clumsy wording. But obviously the Founding Fathers did not anticipate the future lethality of weapons. Neither did they intend for the constitution to be a dead document. It was meant to be adapted to the circumstances of the age.

After Sandy Hook, I pretty much gave up hope for meaningful gun reform. The AR-15 is not a useful gun in most circumstances. Not hunting. Not self-defense. It's fun to shoot targets, it's excellent for mass shootings, and it makes pathetic men feel like manly men.

It should not be on the streets. The 2nd Amendment absolutists tend to be fat men with goatees who think they're Seals or Delta while stuffing themselves with Doritos as they spend most of their day on Facebook. And that's a pretty powerful demographic for Republicans. And Democrats don't want to go there because of their fear of alienating older white people.

Meaningful gun reform is not happening in the foreseeable future.  [/quote]

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