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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is the primary reason why the framers of the Constitution gave us a 2nd Amendment...
They had long debates about what should happen if a monarchical president were to order his armed forces to invade individual states and trample their freedoms. It may have taken 250 years, but we are now at the point of that long anticipated Constitutional crisis.
A "well-regulated militia" need be nothing more than a school district's police force protecting its students and their families from being kidnapped:
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Norrrm
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Gliderguy
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(13,646 posts)Defending against school shooters is, admittedly, a much bigger problem across the country and requires different solutions and regulations.
I'm simply pointing out why we have a 2nd Amendment in the first place and how it can help defend against the Federal invasion situation in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Outside of a well-regulated militia, I'm all for banning assault weapons.