>But they recognize that the second amendment was written with racist intent
That's a pretty weird argument; I get the Patrick Henry thing with the Virginia Declaration of Rights but that doesn't even establish the 2nd amendment as we know it.
Hell, we actually have the reasoning here in Federalist 46:
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence subordinate governments to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprizes of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. "
I'll read her book to see what she thinks I suppose because she's a prominent historian and surely knows more than me but it still feels strange.
That's a pretty weird argument; I get the Patrick Henry thing with the Virginia Declaration of Rights but that doesn't even establish the 2nd amendment as we know it.
Hell, we actually have the reasoning here in Federalist 46:
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence subordinate governments to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprizes of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. "
I'll read her book to see what she thinks I suppose because she's a prominent historian and surely knows more than me but it still feels strange.