• NeilBrü@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I am an American “person of color” who owns firearms (at home; I live in the Netherlands currently).

    Here’s the exact verbiage of the 2nd 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.

    Interpret that as thou wilt; we’ve been arguing about it since about 1791.

    For what it’s worth, I’d amend the amendment to include this snippet from Marx, just to confuse us all even more:

    Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.