Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: In your opinion, what is the Second Amendment? n/t [View all]HappyPlace
(568 posts)That is to say that I feel that the individual right to self protection including ownership of the tools to self-protect was a given, and the framers felt compelled to include the potential need for militia to be summoned as an additional justification to specifically delineate this particular individual right along with the potential application toward a militia.
I know this is in direct conflict with particular interpretation that considers a militia prerequisite to the individual right.
I cannot fathom America being founded any other way, or intending that her citizens not have an individual right to self-defense; that interpretation is repugnant to my sensibilities.
With rights, however, come responsibilities and, unlike the first amendment, the second is conditional and revokable.