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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Thinking about it from an evolutionary point of view, the right to bear arms is a way to improve the population by giving guns to good people (and police/military) and prohibiting guns for convicted felons, mentally ill etc.
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If only the constitution allowed for that. Texas per capita has more guns than any other state in the union.
Did you catch the NRA guy that showed up while 10 school kids lay dead? He showed up outside the school, with a MAGA hat, flag, and wearing a gun.
That "good" guy with a gun didn't stop a bad guy with a gun. In fact, Texas is full of good guys with guns, and all of them couldn't stop one bad guy with a gun.
So if the 2nd amendment was intended for population control, Darwin style, it's proven a failure.
Actually, whatever the intention was of the 2nd amendment, whether to guard against a tyrannical government, or to make sure slave owners could prevent a slave uprising -- we don't know -- it has proven to be a failure, given any or all possible intentions.
In the end, judging by its fruit, the 2nd amendment is not serving the good of the American people over all.
In fact, other countries have proven that the good of the people is best served by banning guns.