Most things requiring background checks weren't guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, so it's not quite comparable.
The Bill of Rights literally says "well-regulated".
The current laws are a violation of the constitution because they are clearly not well-regulated by any reasonable definition.
In context of the time period it merely meant that the militia, which was every able bodied man in the country, should be well supplied in arms and ammunition. Not that the government should "regulate" the militia like a military.
In the context of the time period, it was a replacement for a standing army.
As we have one, then obviously that amendment no longer has any meaning then? So we should just remove it. Cool.
I'm more for disbanding the standing military than disarming the citizenry.
Why not both?
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Most things requiring background checks weren't guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, so it's not quite comparable.
The Bill of Rights literally says "well-regulated".
The current laws are a violation of the constitution because they are clearly not well-regulated by any reasonable definition.
In context of the time period it merely meant that the militia, which was every able bodied man in the country, should be well supplied in arms and ammunition. Not that the government should "regulate" the militia like a military.
In the context of the time period, it was a replacement for a standing army.
As we have one, then obviously that amendment no longer has any meaning then? So we should just remove it. Cool.
I'm more for disbanding the standing military than disarming the citizenry.
Why not both?