The
2nd Amendment was added, (second only to freedom of speech and peaceful
assembly), to protect the citizenry from a tyrannical government;
not so that hunters and target shooters could play.
What
is a tyrannical government?
How about one that would:
bust into a citizen's
home without a valid warrant and kidnap a relative of that citizen...
shoot and kill an unarmed
woman holding a baby because her husband didn't show up in court...
use tanks and flame throwers
to kill 27 women and children citizens because they were too religious...
shoot down one of its own
civilian aircraft and lie about it, then mercilessly attack those
exposing the truth...
kill witnesses to their
illegal activities before they can testify...
control the media so that
only one side (their side) of an issue can be put to the people...
NEED WE GO FURTHER?