[dsparkman]

I will never understand how everyone forgets the first part of the second amendment. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State". That pesky regulated Militia part that everyone skips over. Since the only "regulated militia" in the United States, currently, is the National Guard, that seems to state that you can't infringe on their ability to posses and carry fire arms.

[darklion]

> That pesky regulated Militia part that everyone skips over.

It's not that people skip over it, it's that it's interpreted differently depending upon who you're talking to and/or whose ax is being ground.

The article below goes over a large amount of the differing interpretations and historical contexts of that phrase:

https://reason.com/2019/11/03/what-is-a-well-regulated-milit...

[jaywalk]

Yeah, there are two parts:

-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

People try to twist it up to mean that only well regulated Militias have the right to keep and bear arms, but it's pretty clear that the Founding Fathers did not mean that in any way. Private citizens owned cannons and freaking war ships back then.

[zepto]

That’s a modern interpretation.

At the time it was written ‘militia’ meant every able bodied adult male, and ‘well regulated’ meant something like ‘suitably prepared’.

There are debates about this, but a simple modern reading of some kind of rule based army is not likely to be what was meant.

[stmfreak]

What was the National Guard equivalent during the revolutionary war?

[ceejayoz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_militia_...

[liaukovv]

And who will fight national guard if it gets compromised?

[MagnumOpus]

Not the weekend cosplayers and gun collectors. If both the Army and the NG are against you, you lose. Your AR-15 is no match to APCs with rudimentary night vision let alone tanks/artillery/air support.

[liaukovv]

So you are arguing citizens need more guns?

[no-s]

>> So you are arguing citizens need more guns? Good point

[stmfreak]

That’s what I read. Where can I get me an F18 surplus?