Know what's NOT funny - I've actually had this argument!
After Sandy Hook when every democrat and even some republicans were all fired up to take our guns, I called my State Assemblyman (democrat) to rip him a "new one"!
A girl told me I couldn't talk to the assemblyman, so I said make me an appointment to come in and talk to him. She puts on the "chief of staff" or whatever she called him.
He tells me the assemblyman doesn't feel he needs to be "schooled" by me!
You believe that SH*T? (So much for "REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT")
Then he tells me that the assemblyman believes in the Second Amendment just as it is written:
YOU CAN HAVE A GUN IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITIA!
Being - the military - national guard - or a law enforcement agency - period!
REALLY? I said This isn't about "The right of the government to have armed enforcers"!
IT SAYS "THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE"! SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!
He had no answer as to why it said "The right of the people".
In the end he voted, of course, to take our guns.
Turns out my republican State Senator voted to do the same.
Don't think WE weren't face to face multiple times after that. Thought I was safe with HIM. NO!
In the end, of course, nobody actually TOOK our guns.
They were just OUTLAWED, but you could keep what you already had,
IF you just registered them to the State Confiscation List,
HAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahaha . . . hahaha
then you could keep them, NOT FOREVER, just till you die, then the state takes them. (Sorry Kids)
(Unless something hapens before you die that makes them feel the need to CONFISCATE, then they'll just send you a THREATENING letter telling you to turn it in, and if you don't, everybody concerned will be happy to kick your door and take it. (Yes, even "our heroes"))
I mean, it's easy, right, THEY HAVE YOU ON A LIST!
Well . . . 4% of gun owners were schmucks and registered.
This was 9 years ago, you think the courts coulda declared this UNCONSTITUTIONAL by now???
NO!
Still waiting.