A Question about the 2nd Amendment
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"Arms" and "ordnance" - there's a difference.
The Founders meant for each of us to be equipped with the standard loadout of an infantryman.
That's completely wrong. Jefferson while in the white house, ordered Louisiana to stop confiscating the cannons of a private vessel. Jefferson said "You should hve as many cannons on your ship as it can hold"
Congress was expressly granted the power to issue letters of marque and reprisal - that requires that normal citizens own private warships, because without warships in private hands you cant issue letters of marque