Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

The reasoning behind it is that in the even the government needs to call the citizen militia to action, it helps if people are able to bring their own supplies, including arms

Not quite. The arming, training and assembly of the militia is to be handled by congress, per Article 1, Section 8. The 2nd Amendment came about because the states feared the federal govt's power and wanted to make sure their people could be armed *against* "the militia".

And, so it's completely useless now. There is no way that the people can withstand our current armed services. General Lee tried and failed. It takes time for the public to come to the realization that certain pieces need to be repealed. Repeal and replace the 2nd.

I know some guys in Vietnam and Afghanistan who would probably disagree with that notion.

Not just that, but with 100 million gun owners here, if it came to that, the government would end up killing its tax base and running out of money to fight its own war.

1. The government would just print money. 2. Not all of the 100 million owners would oppose the government.

Of course, not all of the military would just go along with killing their neighbors either. Plus it's easier for the military to downplay collateral damage in Afghanistan than it would be for them to explain that whoops, Ethel down the street got ethered because we messed up

Not just that, but remember: 100 million vs 3.5 million (2.5 million military and another million police) is a losing fight even if it becomes 15 million vs 3.5 million.