A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a state law requiring new semiautomatic handguns to have certain safety features, finding it violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
At first, militia were formed in response to war. There were no standing army until well after the US was formed. The closest we have to a well regulated armed militia as envisioned by the second amendment are our state national guards. The second amendment was created before the concept of a US standing army.
Funnily the Founding Fathers explicitly didn’t trust the concept of a standing national army because it might create an American army that was constantly engaged in foreign conflict as a means of justifying it’s continued existence ensuring an eternal cycle of needless warfare.
You realize who the militia has been since our nation’s founding, right?
At first, militia were formed in response to war. There were no standing army until well after the US was formed. The closest we have to a well regulated armed militia as envisioned by the second amendment are our state national guards. The second amendment was created before the concept of a US standing army.
Funnily the Founding Fathers explicitly didn’t trust the concept of a standing national army because it might create an American army that was constantly engaged in foreign conflict as a means of justifying it’s continued existence ensuring an eternal cycle of needless warfare.