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Originally Posted by GirlySports
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The Founding Fathers felt that citizens should be able to protect themselves against the government and any other threat to their wellbeing or personal freedom. The Second Amendment granted citizens that right giving them the ability to defend themselves and their property.
Remember this was in 1791 when the republic was still fragile, people had the right to defend their land. As an extreme example, if a president decided to be a dictator decided to go all Pol Pot and spring his army against a city, the people of that city have the right to form a militia with arms and fight back.
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the 2nd amendment is clear, the purpose of the militia is to protect the state not the individual, the individuals right to own a gun is specific so that they can be used to protect the state, it was a half arsed attempt to avoid paying for an army and it didnt even work for that purpose.