What does it mean?
What does it mean?
Parker Sanders
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Luke Diaz
GOVERNMENT GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Easton Lewis
It essentially means that congress shall make no laws that infringes the (god given) right of the people to keep and bear arms.
Nathaniel Gonzalez
It means militias, under the supervision of the government are allowed to bear arms.
Adam Richardson
Jayden Jones
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Jason Evans
It means that in the security of a free state remains a responsibility and divine duty to maintain that free state by allowing the people to keep and bear arms, and even form a well regulated militia.
Dylan Wilson
>It means militias, under the supervision of the government are allowed to bear arms.
Wrong.
>The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States... 10 U.S. Code ยง 311
>The well regulated militia necessary to the security of a free state was a militia that might someday fight against a standing army raised and supported by a tyrannical national government. Obviously, for that reason, the Framers did not say "A Militia well regulated by the Congress, being necessary to the security of a free State" -- because a militia so regulated might not be separate enough from, or free enough from, the national government, in the sense of both physical and operational control, to preserve the "security of a free State."
>This view is confirmed by Alexander Hamilton's observation, in The Federalist, No. 29, regarding the people's militias ability to be a match for a standing army: " . . . but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights . . . ."
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"Well regulated" was commonly used to imply "disciplined and proficient" in the context of the militia during the 18th century. It had nothing to do with "regulations" or "laws". The right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, and it is the duty of the people to become proficient and disciplined with those arms in order to ensure the security of a free state.
Brody Peterson
Henry Clark
It protects the people's right to own and carry armament.
You're attempting to troll us, right?
No one that posts on Sup Forums unironically believes that.
Anthony Nguyen
>What does it mean?
It means absolutely nothing in California where you now basically can't own a modern gun.
Tyler Johnson
People must be ready trained in combat
And people must have access to tools to start a revolution, if necessary.
The state is a state because one guy says "Hey, if you follow me I'll promise you won't get killed by anyone anymore!". Other people say "How'd you do this? Anyone could just come up to me and kill me?"
That's the clever part of a state.
"By banding together and joining our efforts, by being a group that pulls on one string! Instead of each pulling on their own ones."
They see quite the argument there and agree, vowing to work for this one guy - trusting that he does no shady things and knows which strings are benefitial for the group.
Now, if he DOES do shady things everyone can just say "Nope. I'm out of this." go away and stop to pull on the string.
If enough people leave, the state is getting weaker. It's power comes from the people in it after all. Eventually enough people leave and will probably join in a new contract - vowing to fight the old state (or rather the wielder of power), who broke it's part of the bargain and start a revolution.
And this vital right, this vital right to say "Nope, this isn't what we signed up for", this right to start a revolution if shit goes to shit is the 2nd amendment.
Many say it's also about people being able to defend themselves when law-enforcement isn't around (especially back in wild west).
But their idea of a free state is only possible if the people can immediately fight back if the government does wrong and has an actual way to fight the fight by being allowed to bear arms.
Cameron Phillips
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Christian Myers
Watch his flag, of course he is.
Isaac Reyes
White males 17-45
Gabriel Evans
A equates to C, which means at all times we must respect and uphold B to therefor allow A to exist.
Retards or devious cunts twist this to to represent that B is only valid in the case of A
Christian Jenkins
>A well regulated
Regulated means in proper working order as per the usage of the time. It does not mean regulated in the modern sense of regulation. It reads more like, "A well regulated engine, runs best." Where regulated would be interchangeable with "tuned". It means in proper working order.
>militia
Is defined as all able bodied adults capable of military service and currently includes women. The militia is basically the entirety of the adult population that isn't mentally handicapped or underage.
>being necessary to the security of a free state
This is pretty self explanatory but should be pointed out that based on the peripheral writings of people at the time, they mean security to both outside threats and it's own governing body.
>the right of the people
that's you
>to keep and bear
to have and carry around
>arms
guns, weapons, basically anything your typical infantry grunt might have
>shall not be infringed
is to not be restricted
So that is what it says. It could fairly accurately be re-written in more modern language as follows:
>A properly functioning population capable of service, is necessary for a free state to be free and secure, people can have and carry around weapons and guns and you can't do anything to restrict it.
Nathaniel Thomas
nvm, fucked it up
>A
Militias
>B
Free State
>C
Right to bear arms
Having A equates to B, which means at all times we must respect and uphold C to therefor allow A to exist. C is the absolute rule which gives life to A and therefor B and is validated by its own merits alone.
Retards or devious cunts twist this to mean that C is only valid by the existence of A
Tyler Bell
kekem
Michael Allen
Oh and what it "means" is that the population is accountable for, and needs to be able to, counter external and internal threats including rejection of the government when it no longer benefits the people.
Colton Myers
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Landon Collins
Keked
Jackson Brooks
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
Brody Turner
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Zachary Robinson
THE PEOPLE
Joseph Lewis
OP is possible tard
break it down some more
Chase Stewart
>Be merica
>Exist for 240 years
>stack tons of guns and ammo in your basement for decades
>swear every single year that this time the gov have finally crossed the line and that you're 1488% going to use your weapons to defend your freedums
>do nothing as always
>keep living in a totalitarian shithole where you're being spied on by the agencies you pay for with your taxes, have your ass fingered by the security every time you're at the airport and live in constant fear of being shot by a police officer
>call rest of the world a bunch of disarmed faggots even though they actually rebel when the government tries to take rights and land from them
>eat 5 big macs, masturbate to american consitution, sing "star spangled banner ", call it a day and go to bed
Wyatt Ramirez
Guns. Most, but not all.
Michael Wood
Please delete this.
