Safeguard against tyranny, homeland defense, personal defense, recreational shooting, and hunting are all reasons why we have the right to bear arms. Mainly, the purpose of writing the 2nd Amendment was to ensure that the right to bear arms would never be disputed. After all, the militiamen fighting against the British sure as hell didn’t need to be told that they had the right to bear arms
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The notion that the right to bear arms is for homeland defense, is not wrong at all. Even in the modern age, an armed citizenry; especially of the United States, is something that intimidates would-be invaders.
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| Admiral Yamamoto: "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Advising Japan's military leaders of the futility of an invasion of the mainland United States because of the widespread availability of guns. It has been theorized that this was a major contributing factor in Japan's decision not to land on North America early in the war when they had vastly superior military strength. This delay gave our industrial infrastructure time to gear up for the conflict and was decisive in our later victory. |