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i fully support gun ownership but stompy articulated something i've been thinking about for a while.
when the bill of rights was passed, the United States had just come off a revolutionary war where their militias were armed with firepower similar to the British (one of the most formidable armies in the world at that point).
now-a-days, soldiers are so highly trained with such sophisticated weaponry a militia would have absolutely no chance to defend themselves from the government. if we're talking about people with standard firearms against the military, the casualty ratio would be disastrous. defending the citizenry has become nearly irrelevant to the issue of firearms. perhaps it's a hedge, but certainly not a check to the governments power.
times have changed...
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