While I pretty much agree with your opinion of how things should be, It does not change the fact those that wrote the Bill of Rights had a different opinion. Take a look at the mindset of the people who influenced it. Originally Posted by MT PocketsThere's no question of what their mindset was. This country could come under tyranny at any time and citizens with the right and means to arm themselves against such a threat foreign or domestic is a great equalizer. That's why there hasn't been an incidence of such a threat in these modern times is because we are an armed citizenry. Hopefully this country can remain that way.
Jim