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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
yeah, i love the irony. if the second amendment was to allow for militia's to defend against the oppressor, what's really happened is given the potential oppressor more reason to oppress 
im sorry, but whilst i can appreciate the beauty of a constitution in the american tradition, i really think the right to bear arms has right royally fucked america. |
Well I think what they had in mind was that the people could form their own militias with which to prevent the government from becoming corrupt. I think that while they cited guns, they had in mind that all weapons the government has, the militias would also have access to.
This is obviously difficult to achieve in a world where the federal government builds nukes, and pumps countless billions into war.
Don't get me wrong, we're not fucked because of guns or anything of the sort. We're fucked because our general mentality is very negative and poor these days. But that's because a lot of effort and energy has been put into making that so.
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