I also wonder if those that believe the NRA promoted myth that the purpose of the 2nd amendment is for people to have the means to take up arms against the government believe this is what the framers had in mind. Walking thru the halls of government armed and standing over elected officials with rifles, really?
The 2nd amendment says... "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Some read it thru thick ideological goggles and they see... "Unregulated weapons, being necessary for people to overthrow the government, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
They also are blind to the parts of the Constitution [Article I - Section 8] that state: The Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions. The Congress shall have power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
How you divine from the Constitution and 2nd amendment an expressed intent of providing people with arms as a built-in self-destruct button for the overthrow of the government requires some creative reading skills.
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