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RE: Reality Check: The True Meaning of the Second Amendment
- Not "everyone was armed" in 1776: slaves, women, etc. Mostly just white people who could afford a gun.
- Many slave masters didn't want a federal government taking their arms. They wanted arms to protect their "property" AKA slaves. In other words, they needed to kill slaves on a regular basis to ensure the racial caste system.
- Supreme Court has attempted, at least twice, to re-write the meaning of the Second Amendment. We seem to allow the Supreme Court to re-write our Constitution, since they said it was OK in the 1800s.
http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/the-supreme-court-ruling-on-the-2nd-amendment-did-not-grant-an-unlimited-right-to-own-guns
That's not the point, it's not about "everyone is armed" but about everyone having a right to be armed.
Similarly, it's irrelevant whether you can or can not afford a gun, many people can't afford a megaphone, that doesn't mean they do not have the right to free speech - the point is that everybody can on an equal terms. You get a megaphone for $20, I get it for $20, whether you choose or are able to spend that money is on you.
What does that have to do with anything? The intent of the 2nd amendment is articulated very clearly by the founders (protect against a tyrannical federal government), and it has nothing to do with protecting "the property" AKA slaves or whatever, that's just race baiting and despicable tactics. Do you see everything through the lens of a race? There is a word for that you know ...