We have a "right" to own guns, but not a right to health care, food, shelter, clothing, employment

[Flatulo]

145. Jefferson was quite the radical for the time.

To me the most profound thing about the framers is that they were wealthy and comfortable, yet signed on to this revolution which had little chance of success. Most significantly, they knew full well that if they failed, they would lose all their wealth and property, and most certainly be tortured and hung by the British.

The whole 2A thing leaves me puzzled though. Sometimes I think they deliberately left the amendment poorly worded with its incomplete clauses just to hand future generations a puzzle to grapple with. After all, no government that had come before had trusted the common man with arms. So we continue to debate its meaning 235 years later, the pro-RKBA crowd ignoring the first clause, and the anti-RKBA people ignoring the last. How clever.

To your point about work, I agree that there's so much that needs to be done, but no will to tackle the job. Work gives meaning, purpose and dignity to life, and I can't imagine anything worse than just existing on government largesse.