The amendment reads: “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.”
Thursday, October 05, 2017
Second
Guardian UK: The right to bear arms: what does the second amendment really mean? Its words have fueled centuries of debate – and not until 2008 did the supreme court clearly back an individual’s right to keep a weapon at home for self-defense
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It was written in a time when we had no standing army or navy. The States had "well-regulated militias" of citizen soldiers kind of like how a Vol. Fire Dept. works today. Through out history this was the way most militaries were organized. Large standing armies are the exception. We've only had a large standing army since WW2 before that we had a small Professional Army and Navy and 50 National guards ( AKA well-regulated militias.) Even today some countries use the militia model where the militiamen keep their weapons at home. Israel is a good example of this kind of organization. Every person up to the age of 50 in Israel can be called into service in an emergency. Here, the Nat'l guard has been used in the last Wars we've been in and are being sent to Afghanistan even now. Weapons though are not sent home with the units. The 2nd A needs to be updated to fit modern realities.
The more I learn about it, it's obvious we need updating. As always the obstacle is the conservative base. These guys take the main idea and then keep expanding it in the directions of more and more - more accumulations of weapons, no government interference or regulation, any weapon is good. It's a cult really. The NRA enshrined the 2nd Amendment and elevated it to the status of an infallible religion.
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