Exactly!jason812 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:10 pmThe founders were not speaking of securing a free state of oppression from other countries. They were putting in place a safe guard to keep the citizens free from oppression from our own government.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.
You have to consider the 2nd Amendment (and the rest of the Bill or Rights) in context. We had just proclaimed that people have an obligation to overthrow a tyrannical government, and then fought a long and bloody war to do exactly that. I have no idea how anyone can argue with a straight face that we thought it would then be a great idea to make sure that folks could hunt, or that government run militias would be properly equipped.
The 2nd Amendment is about making sure that people have the means to overthrow a tyrannical government. Its as simple as that.