• osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
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    2 days ago

    This is the literal, specific scenario 2A was intended to counter. We’ll have to see over the next few years if it works as intended.

    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      I’m not sure thats right. I think the 2A was written in order to enable the US to be able to organize militias to defend itself against foreign invasion as, at the time, the idea of the colonies supporting a standing army was impossible.

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      2 days ago

      People invoke 2A usually lie, and the reason to arm themselves is to kill dark skinned people they don’t like.

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        2 days ago

        this was always the reason for 2a: empowering white settlers to “defend” their land (stolen from indigenous people at gunpoint) and property (African slaves held in captivity at gunpoint).