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Why hasn't this become the modern Right to Bear Arms? The root of the second amendment was trying to ensure that one class of citizenry did not have tools at th
by travisgriggs 7y ago
Why hasn't this become the modern Right to Bear Arms? The root of the second amendment was trying to ensure that one class of citizenry did not have tools at their hands to force another class of citizenry to comply. It maintained a balance. The right to encrypt and keep your data private should be a modern equivalent of the right to bear arms.
- Craighead 7y agoThe second amendment was explicitly about a militia and not about tools but often gets misinterpreted as only tools.
- dclusin 7y agoThe second amendment doesn't guarantee us the right to pack heat at work. There's lots of use cases where it would be considered reasonable to block the use of certain services.
- ploika 7y agoBear in mind that as a non American, invoking a right to bear arms actively turns me off whatever you're trying to sell me. Too much damage has been done to my home country by violent groups who took up arms against the state and each other.
- 101404 7y agoJust look at the past 100 years of human history and the damage that has been done because citizens had NO arms to defend their rights against a despotic government. The deaths are counted in millions. Insurgent groups will buy 5 dollar AK-47 regardless of legality. This is about lawful citizens being able to defend their rights against unlawful governments. Or at least to raise the costs an armed group has to pay for an attempt to take power. As another non American, I am still undecided on the issue, but I tend to be in favor of that 2nd amendment.