The Second Amendment in a New Light
I was pro Second Amendment not because I was a hunter or a target shooter*. I viewed it as the people's final defense--a "militia--" against tyranny. The Parkland shooting got my brain to rewire. What I finally realized is that should our government ever turn despotic, public arms---they are calling the AR15, the Minuteman's weapon of today--can do nothing against the might of the U.S. military and the other law enforcement organizations. You would need to count on support from those same organizations (as in Egypt) and the odds of that happening are unlikely as the vast majority of us are entrenched within most fibers of our society. If you own an AR15 to be used as a militia type weapon, you are no different than a Linus with a security blanket. The only way, IMHO, is to outsmart the government WHEN and IF it should become despotic and abusive of our constitutional rights. Hopefully, no one is yet strategizing for an overthrow of our government--to date that gov...