2023-04-22 20:20:32
The founders has just won a war against a tyrannical regime because they gad guns. They wanted to make sure future Americans had the same means to fight for liberty, should this new government they were setting up turned tyrannical. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-1-2) Author
2023-04-22 20:25:12
Many historians agree that the primary reason for passing the Second Amendment was to prevent the need for the United States to have a professional standing army. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-2-2) Author
2023-04-22 20:44:44
This is being presented as established history when it's based on the disputed theories of one very recent historian, Carol Anderson, who ignores the tradition of militias in English common law which long predates America had nothing to do with chattel slavery. [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(8-1-2) Author
2023-04-22 21:18:44
The consensus among historical and legal scholars and studies, is that the 2nd Amendment was created for "common defense" and a check against Federal powers (1), or defense of self and local government (state) (2)(3). *(1): [Link] *(2): [Link] *(3): [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(106-2-6) Author
2023-04-24 19:50:05
According to a bunch of white people the institution of slavery had nothing to do with 2A😐 [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_NOT_HELPFUL(0-1-1) Author
2023-04-25 04:56:30
It has been argued that slavery also influenced 2A. Opposing arguments should go in the replies, not community notes. “The language..was crafted to ensure that slave owners could quickly crush any rebellion or resistance from those whom they'd enslaved.” [Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-1) Author
2023-04-25 06:08:27
Current note is accurate with more then enough evidence . Don't add mine If your notes is made just to attack a race of people, either avoid community notes or go public and talk in the replies. We have enough people using screenshots of non cleared notes as official notes. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-2) Author
2023-04-25 16:39:24
3 reasons were debated by Founders before passing 2nd Amend: 1. Fears federal govt would disarm citizen militias; 2. A collective right in the context of state-regulated militias; and 3. Preserving state militias in order to crush slave rebellions & capture runaways. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-2) Author