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The second amendment tells you what it's for - militias. But what are militias for? The constitution tells us that too.
So, no, the second amendment is about a system to suppress insurrections, not commit them. You've been lied to.
We have revolutions every 2-4 years. Insurrections are not about the will of the people, they are about subverting the will of the people.
I didn't think the commenter above was referring to arming the insurrectionists....
Not even close, but It's my fault. I'm really bad at articulating my thoughts sometimes, and usually end up deleting my comments before someone calls me out on it. Sorry!
Hahaha you're self aware and acknowledge you're fallible, no need to apologize to anyone
~~That also infers your militia has to be one that can be called up and thus that Congress can declare who is and is not a member of a militia.~~
Edit - nvm that requires like three leaps of logic not accounted for. Don't post before coffee kids!
It's so nice to see someone correct themselves. I try to show my kid accepting when you're wrong and acknowledging it. With friends I've been espousing the last Marc Maron where he's like "what happened to regular stupid?.. 'oh my bad, I'm an idiot, that's totally wrong, sorry about that'" .. ffs you can't learn anything new if you don't listen to other ideas and get defensive.