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There is a real reason that the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution. You can't handwave away the reason it was included in the constitution and
by debacle 14y ago
There is a real reason that the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution. You can't handwave away the reason it was included in the constitution and then say "See, it's that simple."
- thinkling 14y agoThere is real disagreement over the reason the right to bear arms was enshrined in the constitution. You can't handwave away that detail. :) Some think it recognizes a pre-existing human right and cannot be taken away. Some think it's there to deter/overcome tyrannical government. Some think it's a right of self-defense. Still others think it's there to accommodate the forming of militias, which arguably with the National Guard and a standing army has become an obsolete reason.