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In reply to the discussion: In NJ, James Holmes likely would have been caught before committing his massacre [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I mean a majority of people probably wouldn't mis-use a nuke, just some nutcase every once in a while.
The 2nd Amendment was a protection against the government becoming tyrannical, to make sure the citizenry was prepared if the government ever abused the use of the 'standing army'.
Explain how today, gun ownership would protect the people from the government if it should abuse its power over the people?
Taking the 2nd Amendment literally as it was intended, we the people would have to be armed with the same weapons the government has.
Using this amendment to argue for weapons that will not in any way serve the original purpose of the 2nd Amendment is simply a clever way to get support for the sale of arms which in no way would serve the purpose intended by the 2nd Amendment, imo.
The truth is the FFs could not have predicted the kind of WMDs that governments have today.
So if you are a 2nd Amendment defender, you obviously support individual ownership of every weapon the government has, including nukes, do you not?