edit- follow up question

“a well regulated militia”. since the amendment was passed, and since the US has a military, has there even been a militia? would you trust your random neighbours loading up and marching against something? or would you expect law enforcement to crush it?

seems like the amendment has become “the locals can have guns and murder each other”. Nothing to with a “militia”; or defending your country.

  • cattywampas@lemmy.world
    7·
    29 days ago

    Tommy guns were invented in 1918 and used widely in organized crime in the 20s. I bet that had a lot to do with it.

    • valar@lemmy.ca
      4·
      29 days ago

      Wiki says

      The ostensible impetus for the National Firearms Act of 1934 was the gangland crime of the Prohibition era, including the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, and the attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933