Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it

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    9 months ago

    Ok, I’m not saying you need to agree with the principle, but the grammar clearly states that the citizens get guns because the government has a military (which is the well-regulated militia).

    Again, not starting a debate on if that’s good or bad, just grammar.

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      9 months ago

      No, the “well-regulated militia” actually referred to a desire to have all able-bodied men of military age to commonly have most of the skills needed to fight in a war in case of a draft, such as marksmanship and survival skills, as well as already owning most of the necessary equipment.

      What’s important to note is that the US had a very small standing military for most of its history. It relied on being able to conscript a large number of recruits whenever a war started, and sent them home whenever the war was over. This requires a lot of the citizenry to already know most of the skills they’d need to raise an army quickly.

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        Oh, so because the state had a military people were allowed to have guns? That’s shockingly similar to what I said.