The Founder's Intent
The whole point of the 2nd Amendment is arming a MILITIA. You don’t arm a militia with deer rifles that hold three shells.
*rounds*
The whole point of the 2nd Amendment is arming... the people.
“...self-defense in the home, which is at the core of the Second Amendment right...”
Where did she read this piece illiterate Krap in the Constitiuton?
The often misunderstood US v. Miller backs up your contention.
That SCOTUS emphasized that weapons protected by the 2nd Amendment would be those that are commonly used by the military.
In that case they said sawed off shotguns fell outside said protection.
Nevertheless I agree that the purpose of the 2A is to give the people the ability to resist tyranny.
I have no idea where this case is headed in the appellate courts.
“The whole point of the 2nd Amendment is arming a MILITIA. You don’t arm a militia with deer rifles that hold three shells.”
Sorry, but you are wrong about that.
The 2nd Amendment clearly states that the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The People are independent of a militia (in other words, the People can form a militia if they want, or not). However, a militia is wholly dependent on an armed People, and cannot effectively exist without one. So, which comes first? An armed People, or a militia? Simple logic.
don’t say militia to most in the country , as they think it’s a group of rednecks looking to overthrow the Govt.
That is the ignorance we are facing towards the constitution.
And shouldn’t that militia have weapons compatible with those employed by government?
Since ought-six corrected the overall error in your statement, I'll just observe that the above comment is a bit fuzzy as well. The militia as conceived in the era cited did the job with deer rifles loading only a single projectile which consisted of separate components carefully loaded one at a time to form the final product to be fired. Mess up any one of those components and you got a potentially fatal "click" instead of a casualty producing (hopefully) BANG!
Moreover on the three shell capacity you mentioned, each shot should be producing a kill with each squeeze of the trigger and that's three dead enemies in a matter of moments. I'm pretty certain the George Washington would have appreciated those odds.
It matters not what you start with. Practicing the doctrine of TRADE UP produces much more satisfactory results in the long term. In other words:
If you have a knife, you can GET a handgun.
If you have a handgun, you can GET a rifle.
If you have a rifle, you can GET belt fed weapons.
If you have belt fed weapons, you can GET artillery, tanks, antiaircraft missiles or whatever you need to advance the agenda of freedom.