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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
I personally think the 2nd Amendment is obsolete, and it became so in 1903 with the formation of the National Guard. The 2nd Amendment itself needs an Amendment that more clearly defines the right to ownership of personal weapons -- as written now, you can't blame people for thinking the militia part doesn't apply anymore, because it doesn't anymore.
And don't flame me. It's a personal opinion. I'm definitely not an anti-gun nut (I consider myself an "Enlightened Democrat"), but I'm definitely not a gun nut either. There are both out there, ranging from those who want to ban all firearms ownership to the NRA.
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Militia was a large part of it, but also armed citizens were the "4TH" box, Soapbox, Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box. Most countries have the first three(South Korea). Finally, law abiding citizens should own most available weapons, nukes,bioweapons and lethal gas are exceptions. Substances like BZ are illegal drugs and come under other headings. The militia part is a tar pit trap for pro and anti.. Also most states consider their state police as actual paramilitary forces. The state police commander is a state commisioned officer, the commander of the gaurd is regular army. This also allows the states to ignore the local militias. My personal stance domestic-wise is modified libertarian, society has to change to allow drug use, like Switzerland, many an addict is still issued a sig 551 rifle, but there is no rampant violence. In the End the second amendment isn't obsolete, but society's perception of it is.