re: Quote from the Ukrainian Revolution to Remind us about the 2nd Amendmen

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The 2nd Amendment may have been penned with several reasons in mind, but one reason it was NOT written was the taking up of arms against elected officials of the United States government.

Look at the reactions of the Founders to Shay's Rebellion before the Constitution, and the Whiskey Rebellion after the Constitution was signed, to name two, that influenced how those guys felt about the necessity of citizens having guns.

You can make a very strong case for the citizens having guns to defend ourselves against a foreign government, or one that is looking to overthrow the United States government, but the argument of having guns to defend ourselves against our own elected officials was never the intention of the Founders.

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Plainly stupid. Tyranny, or rather fighting against tyranny, was the entire reason for the Revolution and birth of our country.

You must be very ignorant to hold this opinion because even a cursory review of the writing of our forefathers proves otherwise.