| RolStoppable said: I understand that you need to bear arms, but if you truly believe in the validity of the second amendment, you need to live by "a well regulated militia" as well instead of dismissing it as unimportant. "Well regulated" means basic things like, "That guy is an idiot and cannot be trusted, so he shouldn't be allowed to own a gun. Because if push comes to shove, chances are good that he will hurt one of us instead of the enemy." |
The "well regulated" part is basically saying that a well regulated militia is necessary for a free state. It's explaining the reason we need the right to bear arms.
That guy may be an idiot and cannot be trusted, but we can't take away constitutional rights. Know what else we could do if we go down that path? We can chop off people's arms for stealing a loaf of bread, or throw someone in jail without charges indefinitely. But we don't because we need to protect ourselves against Government tyranny - and one of the reasons we are able to do is because of our rights to bear arms.
Now if someone is CONVICTED then sure, there can be restrictions as per 5th amendment.
