The Second Amendment magnifies the brilliance of our founding fathers. What if instead of saying “the right to bear ARMS,” they had written the right to bear muskets instead? After all, the musket was the weapon of choice at that time. If they had made this mistake, the Second Amendment would have been absolutely useless today. Did they have divine guidance during their deliberations? I think so.
[The Second Amendment magnifies the brilliance of our founding fathers. What if instead of saying “the right to bear ARMS,” they had written the right to bear muskets instead? After all, the musket was the weapon of choice at that time. If they had made this mistake, the Second Amendment would have been absolutely useless today. Did they have divine guidance during their deliberations? I think so.]
The foundational ideas of the republic spring from Republican Rome. Without non-obselete weapons of war, the Republic cannot be preserved from its internal enemies. The Roman Republic that had driven out its last king centuries prior finally fell to another king, Augustus Caesar. A big part of the destruction of the Republic and its reversion to kingship had to do with the institution of a large standing army. It was the Founders’ hope that a well-armed populace would prevent a similar outcome for the American Republic, by presenting a worthy counter to such an army.