A friend and I are having a debate about how the 2nd amendment plays into current society. As far as the right to keep and bear arms.
She gave these points to which I could find no info on the net to dispute her, and I'm not the best as debating political stuff.
She says that the 2nd amendment was made only for the militia, not the individual, to stop tyranny, only on a governmental level, not on a personal level, and with the use of only the weapons available to the government in charge. So that last part would mean that because we would defend our rights with guns, and the government would defend with nukes, that it's a mute point.
And that we, the gun owners, should be fighting for the 4th amendment, the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness, and not the 2nd amendment.
I have always taken the 2nd amendment as meaning that on a personal level, which includes my personal rights infriged by a government, or another person, I, as well as fellow americans (thus creating a militia) have the right to defend, with weapons (arms), our rights that are being infringed.
We went back and forth for a bit until I was too stubborn to give up and said I needed to do some more research and get mor facts. I'm trying to go through old posts, but there are a lot. Can anyone point in the right direction as far as a thread, or website that would give me some good info to back up our cause?
Thanx
She gave these points to which I could find no info on the net to dispute her, and I'm not the best as debating political stuff.
She says that the 2nd amendment was made only for the militia, not the individual, to stop tyranny, only on a governmental level, not on a personal level, and with the use of only the weapons available to the government in charge. So that last part would mean that because we would defend our rights with guns, and the government would defend with nukes, that it's a mute point.
And that we, the gun owners, should be fighting for the 4th amendment, the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness, and not the 2nd amendment.
I have always taken the 2nd amendment as meaning that on a personal level, which includes my personal rights infriged by a government, or another person, I, as well as fellow americans (thus creating a militia) have the right to defend, with weapons (arms), our rights that are being infringed.
We went back and forth for a bit until I was too stubborn to give up and said I needed to do some more research and get mor facts. I'm trying to go through old posts, but there are a lot. Can anyone point in the right direction as far as a thread, or website that would give me some good info to back up our cause?
Thanx