"Well Regulated Militia"

[CJD]

I always viewed it as a talking point that is easily defensible because it's written in the constitution.

I don't think anyone actually believes that they could stop the Government from doing anything with civilian militias.

I've also heard arguments like "If the Mexican cartels knew Americans in Texas no longer had guns, they could storm the state and take over. Having guns stops them from taking action."

I don't agree with that point either, because I think the border police and the national military is a much larger deterrent to cartels invading America from the south, but at least it has a measure of realism to it. I think a Civilian Militia could realistically fend off drug dealers and criminals, to a degree. At least until the national military was able to get there to stop it.