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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm arguing against the idea that the second amendment was designed to protect individuals against tyrannical government

I didn't say it was specifically/exclusively to protect slavery. I didn't say anything about slave rebellions. The constitution was all about balancing the power of wealthy landed slaveholders of the south with the wealthy landed urbanites of the north. Ensuring state militias was one element of that balancing act.

Pretending the second amendment was written to protect against tyrannical governments is ahistorical right wing propaganda. * Unless you view it as one sovereign being protected from the tyranny of another. Eg Virginia is protected from the tyranny of Pennsylvania or vis versa

If you want to read a rebuttal of halbrooks legal theory, read the Heller dissents

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay. But, I didn't say anything about tyrannical governments, either. Only that the 2nd amendment didn't seem to be driven by any sort of slave related anything, per the history presented in the link I read.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Then you missed the context of my post! Look at the comment I was replying to

Someone said the point of the second amendment was always about fighting tyrannical government. Then I replied.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ah, so you did. That's fair.