stop bringing up the founding fathers in gun arguments

[vaylorie]

Originally Posted by Hitchens [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Second Amendment wasn't intended for arming citizens to protect them against the government. It was to protect the government from standing armies by maintaining a well regulated militia that would fight for said government.

This is just blatantly incorrect based both on a tremendous number of documentation outlining the original intent and the supreme courts interpretation of the second amendment through the years.

The 'A well regulated militia' is considered a preface and not operative or limiting to the actual right to bear arms. Also of note in the courts ruling was the fact that the founding fathers feared that the Federal Government would disarm the people in order to disable the citizen militia. Effectively, the 'citizen militia' was to be beyond and outside of the governments control.

I fear you have accidentally made yourself appear ignorant like a child. How embarrassing. To educate yourself on the topic, please review the Supreme Court decision of D.C. v Heller.