WHY WE HAVE THE 2nd AMENDMENT

The Reason for the Right to Bear Arms
When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights, they wanted to ensure that all people were equal — equal with each other and equal with the government.  Yes, when this was all written, people had only muskets. But do you know who else had only muskets?  The government.  Plain and simple, the intent was for the citizen to be as well armed as the government.

We had just finished overthrowing a tyrannical government in order to become a free nation; and the Founders, who literally helped fight in that war, wanted the American people to have equal footing with whatever government took over, in order to prevent tyranny if necessary once again.  These guys were smart; they weren’t thinking inside the box of their time.  They were completely aware that technology would change, but they wanted Americans to be able to stand up for themselves.  How does one do that?  By having the same level of weaponry as the government!

The Constitution was written with revolution in mind, not the peace that we have internally had for about 150 years now.  I say 150 years, because we fought ourselves with our armed militias in the Civil War; we have been lucky to have had internal peace since then.  But you can’t closed-mindedly say that the 2nd Amendment was for limited weapons.  It just wasn’t.  It was meant to keep people on the same level as the government so that they could fight for their rights if necessary.

Not all countries had the protection of the 2^nd amendment.