Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Is support of 2A rights/RKBA a Progessive value? [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)The second amendment was written at a time when the most advanced types of arms were muskets, today we have nuclear arms. I think most people can agree that the founders were not talking about nukes so we are OK with the government prohibiting us from owning them even though if you were to take the amendment very literally banning nuclear arms would be an infringment. The point is that the Second Amendment is not absolute, there are reasonable restrictions on arms but these restrictions do not prevent people from having many types of guns in their homes. Saying that people have the right to keep and bear arms however does not mean people have the right to bring arms with them wherever they go, no reasonable person thinks guns should be allowed on airplanes or by people touring the White House.