re: #243 ggt

“Because a militia is needed” ???

Now we have a standing army.

But the 2nd Amendment is just as valid as the day it was written.

We’ve come to interpret the “because a militia is needed” as self-defense.

Either the 2nd Amendment (which ultimately gives the right to bear arms to the people) means what it says or it doesn’t. To say “our army fulfills this role, so the right listed herein is now unneeded” overlooks the role the amendment was intended to fulfill.