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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha
What does "arms" mean? We seem to have arbitrarily determined that "arms" includes handguns, but not M-60s, RPGs, tanks, etc.
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Yes, "arms" means guns. There is little doubt to any rational person that the founders intended for the citizens to have the ability to kill government soldiers if the government got out of hand.
Knowing what they had to go through in order to separate from the king, is anyone here actually trying to argue that Madison wanted to make it
more difficult for the citizens to overthrow another tyrant should they ever gain control of the government?