LOL!

Hey, don’t get cranky with me. I didn’t write the Second Amendment, but I certainly can read and understand it. How does it say anything other than what I paraphrased?

If you read and understand the amendment, the “militia part” is just stating the reason why this is a right “of the people.” A militia is a fighting force raised from the citizens of a nation. In order for the citizens of the nation to work as a fighting force, they need to be armed. In today’s language, the second…

Yes, they finally read the text of the amendment and came to their senses. In today’s language it would state:

Kids these days have it easy. I went to school when we were all afraid of getting nuked.

That’s an interesting article, but SCOTUS ruled with Heller that gun ownership is an individual right. It’s not an unlimited right, of course, but it is a right of the people.

No. Criminalize behavior. Not people or things.

The answer is always Tacoma.

I didn’t read his statement as questioning who the abuser was in the relationship. Like you, he was saying that this wasn’t self-defense in any sort of way. Going back inside after you’ve escaped is only for revenge.

The 2A assigns the right to bear arms as a right “of the people,” not a right “of the militia.” The mention of the word “militia” there is establishing why the right is assigned to the people - because (as you mentioned) militias are raised from the citizens.

Why would he need to be a part of a militia?

The problem with that logic is that it can be applied to other amendments. The framers of the US Constitution surely didn’t envision the Internet. Maybe free speech only applies to the printing press?

Increasing voter turnout, ending gerrymandering, and term limits are great ideas.

The police arguably keep order in the US because of their hard stance. Try going to some places in South America where the police aren’t even respected. There, you’re much less safe from armed thugs AND you can’t really respond to lethal force with lethal force, or you’ll be the one to go to jail.

Apparently not, as the right isn’t a right of “the militia” - it’s a right of the people. It explicitly says so.

The fact is that ANYONE might become the victim of a violent person. It’s a personal choice whether or not you’re going to resist that. If you choose that you’re going to resist violence against yourself or your children, then having some tools available will help you more than if you have nothing. Guns are one tool,…

There were two issues that I can immediately see:

Meh. Most people who shoot as a hobby, fire more rounds per year than the average police officer who just needs to qual.

You do know that the OODA loop concept was developed by Col. John Boyd to be applied in combat operations (i.e. used by people with guns), right? It’s also taught to police officers (more people with guns). The OODA loop is a tool to bring rational, considered decision making into stressful situations.

I wish that someone would tell this to the schools who suspend 7-year-old kids for chewing their Poptarts into vague gun shapes.