05-20-2019, 11:58 AM
(05-17-2019, 07:45 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Do you disagree that this is a reason for gun ownership? That it is the reason that it was made a right in the Constitution? Debate interpretations all you want, the intention is clear based upon the context from the framers. The Second Amendment is in place to ensure the people have recourse against the government if it becomes tyrannical. Virginians take that shit seriously.
No. The militia was needed to fight Indians and foreign enemies.
The Constitution makes it clear that treason in punishable by death, so I don't see how you could argue they were protecting the peoples right to commit an offense that was punishable by death.
