• BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world
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    I don’t buy this. Controlling firearms and restricting who exactly can join a militia was a common strategy for preventing rebellions at the time the United States was founded.

    The 2nd amendment has nothing to do with giving armies firearms. The people responsible for putting down slave revolts were always armed.

    • MerryJaneDoe@piefed.world
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      2 days ago

      See, this is why I love real conversation! Now I’m learning something! Thanks for dropping by and sharing!

      Fr, I’d never heard this mentioned. It’s an all new take on the purpose of (state? local?) militias, for me anyway, I’ve got some reading to do now…