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1. The common thinking is that it is for the states to have National Guards

and not for individuals to own guns.

[AncientGeezer]

3. That's an interesting interpratation...care to source it.."common thinking"

Do you know when the Constitution was ratified?
There was No NG.

[Hoyt]

6. There were well-regulated militias, OldGeezer, and state supported groups to shoot slaves

who managed to escape the bondage of white wingers.

[AncientGeezer]

9. Actually there weren't bean can ....you gave it a shot before...

We've discussed this MANY times before....shall we do it again?
I love doing this with you, for what now... the 50th time...
I'm your Huckleberry Hoyt....yo make this Way too easy

[roamer65]

2. Where able, I would consider gun ownership.

It is a deterrent to middle of the night Argentina-style disappearances.

[manor321]

4. Purpose

To insure the government could call up a military force to defend against foreign invasion and domestic uprisings. Many of the Framers were against the notion of a standing army.

It is ironic the Framers wanted to ensure the government could put down uprisings against the government using the militia. Today's asshole conservatives flip that on its head.

[Initech]

5. You don't want the King of England shoving you around, do you?

[leftieNanner]

7. Two different questions

What WAS the purpose of the 2nd Amt?

To have a ready militia to call up (since we did not have a standing army) to defend the country.

What IS the purpose of the 2nd Amt?

To the gut totin' idjits - to "protect" themselves from government tyranny! Good luck there boys.

[SweetieD]

8. The US did not have a standing army at the time, and they needed men armed and ready

to fight whatever European power might invade and also to fight "domestic terrorism" from Indian tribes. The founding fathers could have never anticipated the type of guns we have now. The machine gun mechanisms created in the late 1800s/early 1900s changed modern warfare. They could have never contemplated modern handguns, or machine guns and other type of automatic weapons.

[AlexSFCA]

10. the originalists should point that out then

the intent of 2nd was not for automatic weapons. There is no way 2nd amendment should apply to something like ar15.

[John1956PA]

12. The ABC late-night television show "Fridays" had a sketch about the Framer's debate.

I wish that a video file of the April 10, 1981, sketch was available. It has stuck with me all these years. Here is blurb about it from Wikipedia:

. . . the US Founding Fathers worrying that the Second Amendment, "The Right to Bear Arms," will be abused in the future while ignoring suggestions for amendments granting equal rights to women and African-Americans; . . .

[Voltaire2]

13. It protects the right to slaughter children.