Originally Posted by
Zeverin
I believe the Second Amendment and the principles that origined it are outdated:
-Americans no longer live in the 18th century to fear King George III;
-It's not likely that America becomes a tyrannical government any time soon, unless your economy crashes, and you vote for a nationalistic party;
-No one dares to invade America these days, because of your Army, Navy and Air forces, and not because the civil population have guns;
-Insurrections are dealt by your Police and SWAT teams (and possibly the FBI/Army);
-You can always defend yourself with non-lethal methods and body armor, so why getting fireguns?
-Civilians participating in law enforcement? I cringed at that.
-If you're not going to be invaded in the near future, why organizing militias in the first place?