Continuing in the Devil’s Advocate role...
Should us 60+ guys give up our weapons of war?
For that matter anyone 46 and over?
Which I guess means I'd have to give up my firearms, my wife would have to give up hers, and my daughter as well. To eliminate in one sweeping move all the idiotic and patchwork laws in this country restricting firearms and ammunition, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Since I know the 2nd is a proscription against the government, like all of the bill of rights, I bring this up not to limit firearms from women or those over 45, but to show plainly that the whole ‘it's just for the militia’ argument is just a cop-out. It's a justification to steal natural rights and jealously hoard the right of self defense for the government to dole out as it sees fit, or deny entirely.
Plus the original text of the amendments is extremely plain that it is a proscription against the government limiting weapons and never an enabler for their taking of rights.
On another thread a day or two ago a freeper made the comments that the “well regulated militia” was the government militia. And to keep them under control (”regulated”) - that is why the PEOPLE must be armed - in order to discourage the government militia from getting out of control.
He made some good arguments, including old documents that supported that viewpoint.
Anyway - I would support that type of argument if anybody tried to take away my guns because I’m too old to be in a militia - so why would I need guns.
We'll be the tip of the spear.
We look so innocent and grandfatherly...
I don’t have to worry about it. I lost all mine in a boating accident.
It was tragic. Tragic I tell you.