The Second Amendment
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Note the word militia at the time meant every able bodied male between the ages of 18 and 45. Plenty of references in the Federalist Papers that the militia was not a government body. Everone had to supply their own arms, and show up when called.
Constitution of the State of Wyoming:
Sec. 24. "The right of citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be denied."
Because of Section 24, Wyoming is complete open carry state. No county of city government can pass a law saying I cannot openly carry a firearm.
Do you think private citizens should be allowed to own battleships? Let me guess, you don't think so, but that's just because your a Brit and something like 80% of British ships taken or sunk during the War of 1812 were done by American Privateers.
BTW I've lived and worked here for 59 years. Never had anything stolden, been assulted, or know a single person who was, don't even lock my house either here or the one in Colorado. If someone wants in I don't want them destroying the door or windows.
So do you go to work in the morning and leave your house unlocked? How about at night when you're there? I thought so.
Check out the murder statistics for Russia a place where all guns are illegal.
America is actually a very safe place, if you stay out of the cities where all the Democrats live.
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