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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
The 2nd Amendment was written to prevent the government from being more powerful than the citizenry.
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This is what i meant, William. It was written to keep the power in the hands of the people. The police in this case are infringing upon the rights of the citizenry on behalf of the government. It may be the local government but last i checked Pittsburgh was still part of America. A government is less likely to act against it's citizens if those citizens are well armed.
So, yes.. this is pretty much the exact reason the 2nd amendment was written. It may not be against federal officers or the army... but in this day and age its kinda hard to tell the difference between the police and the army.