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> The constitution doesn’t enshrine the right to a gun. It enshrines the right to a gun for the sake of a well regulated militia. IIRC, you need private gun ow
by tablespoon 4y ago
> The constitution doesn’t enshrine the right to a gun. It enshrines the right to a gun for the sake of a well regulated militia.
IIRC, you need private gun ownership to have a militia (as the founders understood them). I believe the idea was regular citizens would organize when needed and bring their own guns.
- p_l 4y agoOne of possible interpretations, which AFAIK was even on the books in some state for a time, was that second amendment meant compulsory obligation for each voter to buy, out of their own money, a military rifle and stand for militia training periodically - essentially, mandatory militia service. Lots of ways to wring hands about a very badly written amendment.