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**ClapekDodki** · 08-12-2012, 01:49 AM

Great point.

The second amendment is one of the few areas where the forefathers seemed to restrict themselves to their own time frame.

You're not far from the truth.

It's easy to be confident that abstract notions of rights and governance can apply into the distant future. It's not so easy to predict whether a late 18th century technology will still be needed in the 21st.

The war with the British was still fresh on the framers' minds, and even after the Treaty of Paris, America's fate and security was uncertain. The need to ensure protection from the tyranny of monarchists was justifiable then, but now... not so much.

Despite what the NRA has force-fed people like red_dog to believe, the 2nd Amendment is still a lost amendment, as dated and irrelevant in modern America as the 3rd Amendment's restriction of billeting soldiers.

08-12-2012, 01:49 AM	#62
ClapekDodki Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	Great point. The second amendment is one of the few areas where the forefathers seemed to restrict themselves to their own time frame. You're not far from the truth. It's easy to be confident that abstract notions of rights and governance can apply into the distant future. It's not so easy to predict whether a late 18th century technology will still be needed in the 21st. The war with the British was still fresh on the framers' minds, and even after the Treaty of Paris, America's fate and security was uncertain. The need to ensure protection from the tyranny of monarchists was justifiable then, but now... not so much. Despite what the NRA has force-fed people like red_dog to believe, the 2nd Amendment is still a lost amendment, as dated and irrelevant in modern America as the 3rd Amendment's restriction of billeting soldiers.
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