Right now you can't run for political office and win if you argue that we should repeal the Second Amendment. Nevertheless, we should begin to discuss repeal. In time repeal is going to win.
The Founders thought it would be a good thing if White males had muskets and could quickly form into local militias. The Founders thought militias might work better than a standing army, which turned out to be wrong. That's why we have an army today.
Worse, the original militias were a lot like the militias who back the Bundy family. They were, basically, an enforcement arm for White supremacy. Militias existed to keep slaves in chains, recapture indentured servants, kill Indians and take away Indian land.
We no longer use militias, and we should replace the Second Amendment with one more suited to our current reality.
(And, no, the National Guard is not a militia. It's a state army.)
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