A Question about the 2nd Amendment
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"Arms" and "ordnance" - one of these is not like the other.
The Founders intended that -each- of us carry the loadout of a standard infantry rifleman.
But I'm down with having a radio to call in air.
private ownership of ordnance-baring warships via letters of marque had been a thing for nearly 500 years before America was founded. While yes, the second amendment is quite clearly about private ownership of arms I'm sure the founding fathers did not intend to limit the baring of ordnance.
Jefferson directly said "You should have as many cannons as it can hold" in response to Louisiana taking a private captians cannons