God Mar 29, 2023
If I had a penny for every time a Republican tweeted ‘thoughts and prayers’ I’d have enough money to bribe Congress to pass common sense gun control.
Show threadShawnMar 29, 2023

@godpod Until the language of the second amendment is updated to clearly state what it means, nothing will change.

I got into a debate with a friend on FB about this and after asking him to define “well regulated militia” he came around to admitting that he sees the 2A as there in case enough gun owners ever feel the need to overthrow the US government, for whatever reason they deem valid.

Try it. Simply suggest that the language is too vague and needs updating. When they-

Show threadShawnMar 29, 2023

@godpod - inevitably say “it’s perfectly clear,” ask them to define pretty much any of the terms, like “militia” or even “necessary,” and I’m almost positive you’ll get them to admit they believe they will need to blow away government agents someday.

When he defined the “militia” as “a citizen” I rewrote the amendment replacing that term with his definition showing that he too seemed to agree that “militia” isn’t exactly the right word. So he either agreed that it was too-

Show threadShawn
@godpod - vague, or his definition of the “well regulated militia” is wrong. That is, no matter what answer they give, unless it is a real definition, i.e. an insurrectionist militant band of gun owners ready to overthrow the government, they are admitting that it doesn’t say what they actually think it means. Thus, it should be reworded to be more clear.
Mar 29, 2023 at 3:04pmWeb
Show threadShawnMar 29, 2023
@godpod And this is an example of “we already know that’s what they think” but where making them state it out loud is important. We may know what they think but we should make them actually say it to our faces. Otherwise they live in a Schrödinger’s box where they can both believe that, but also wield the benefit of the doubt because they’ve never actually said it.