NEW DISCOVERY: First Half of Second Amendment

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8. They were also necessary to repel the British. That is what it meant, and slavery was legal in both

countries at that time. It was used regarding slaves, but also to protect the infant government of the USA, which afterward was twice invaded before instituting a standing army as we have now.

I do not ignore the slavery issue in regards to the 2A but that it says in order to preserve a 'free state' (not in the context that term meant before the Civil War, either) and was in regards to British actions. There were different levels of militias at that time.

In all cases, even in the unjust application of suppressing slaves who should have had their rights, the preservation of the government was at stake. As the nation evolved, particularly after WW2, with military bases and the MIC dominating the American landscape, a 'Johnny Reb' mentality no longer applied, and for those whom it still does, they are arguing against something they do not comprehend.