Rigby5
Diamond Member
Founders did not know jack shit about modern societiesThe way the founders wanted it, is that you do NOT ever want a mercenary police force or military that are working for pay.
Why?
Because those that work for pay will always do what those who pay them tell them to do.
And that is always corrupt.
So there should be no paid police or military force.
Instead, all citizens should have mandatory, universal training in High School, and that would end the need for a paid police force or military.
We instead would rely on citizen soldiers, as the founders wanted.
And in which case, clearly there would be no need for laws against high capacity magazines.
But it is likely they know more about modern society than we do, because our experiences make us prejudices and discriminatory. We make assumptions based on what we are told, instead of historic knowledge. People do not change. Human nature, rights, corruption, etc., all never change. If you incorrectly believe people have changed somehow, so that society should now be different, then what are you going to do 20 years later when society either changes again or proves you wrong in the first place?
Look at what you are saying.
Honest citizens with arms prevent millions of crimes every year.
So then to prevent 50 people a year being shot by some lunatic, you would make guns illegal and cause millions of additional murders, rapes, and robberies to succeed.
In a democratic republic, gun control amounts to treason. Either you trust the general public, or you don't. And if you do not trust them with a gun, why in the world would you trust them with a vote?