• Crikeste@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    Well I just think that whole part about “being necessary to the security of a free State” could be speaking about foreign or domestic threats.

    And god fucking damn it I can’t find a SINGLE useful webpage on the original text of the 2nd amendment. Fuckin’ pissing me off lmao I swear this happens any time I try to find something about the constitution, it’s a god damned mess lol

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      4 hours ago

      Really? This is the site for amendments (for now at least). It’s the second result when I search. Second to Wikipedia.

      I can see the argument for what you said, but it pretty clearly isn’t the primary reason, looking back with a historical lense. It also specifically says “well regulated militia” which definitely does not refer to people with no training who never use their weapon having one in their house. Usually a militia would store their weapons in a central place and would also train to be ready when called. The individual storage and ownership thing is not the expectation historically.