Andrew McAfee

“A trained and prepared militia on hand for a State to repel an aggressive Federal Government”? Now why would a government charter put a proviso in place ENCOURAGING armed rebellion? Especially at a time armed rebellions were occurring? This is a modern misreading.

I suspect a similar argument was made ‘round 1860, that government overreach was overriding personal freedom, and the conclusion made that sedition was not only just or necessary, but supported by our founding documents.

Shorter—there is nothing in the Second Amendment permitting your right to insurrection. And the legal stipulations that directly DO concern it take a pretty dim view.