• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Regulation had a different interpretation back then. It had to do with training and equipment. It’s why professional soldiers were called “Regulars.” They wanted civilian militias to be equipped and have the ability to train on their weapons.

    In order for civilian militias to exist, be effective, and be able to respond instantly the citizens need to have weapons.

    Somebody who doesn’t have a gun and has never used one isn’t going to be effective in civil defense.

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      7 months ago

      Yet there is little to no training before people are allowed to own guns. Seems to me like it doesn’t follow either the modern definition or the supposed definition of old.

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        Why can’t you people just admit you don’t like guns so you’re trying to desperately to pretend the 2nd amendment doesn’t mean what it has literally always meant?

        You’re just like republicans with how disingenuous you are in your rhetoric.

        And you know it.

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          That’s a lot of assumptions you’re making. I don’t know who “you people” are in this context, but if you want to know my personal beliefs, I think that gun ownership is fine, it just needs regulation.

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          EXACTLY! Well Regulated meant TRAINED IN ARMS back in the day which means we should NOT train ANYONE today! And ALSO, ARMS means the EXACT weapons we have today and has NOTHING to do with the Arms they had back in the day!

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          If you end your argument with “and you know it”, you’ve already lost. Which is unfortunate since in this case I happen to agree with you. But you’re not going to convince anyone of anything with the shitty attitude.

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            7 months ago

            Not really.

            I could say everything right and most of you would just believe whatever you want.

            And you know it.