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In reply to the discussion: Undeniable fact: If the 9 mm had not been there, she would not be dead. [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)This is like saying you shouldn't have the right to free speech because your speech might be hurtful to my feelings. That you shouldn't have freedom of religion because your religion offends me.
The 2nd amendment is very clear that you cannot ban firearms. "Well-regulated" at the writing of the document meant something like what the Swiss have today. They have a militia system of defense and that's really what the founding fathers wanted for America. They didn't like the idea of a large standing army. They saw that historically large armies are expensive and counter-productive. Rome for example was very successful with it's militia-style system in the early years of the Republic. When they started forming a large standing military during the imperial years, it got incredibly expensive. And eventually they collapsed. One can argue the same thing is happening in America today. Our military is incredibly expensive and it's draining our resources in other areas.
So lets do it... I agree with you. Let's have a well-regulated militia. Guns and military training for everybody! Disband most of our standing army. Next time the government needs to respond to war or crisis, we can just call up the militia to respond. It will be much, much cheaper, and it will avoid all these stupid, unnecessary wars.