Guns: how much longer will it take ....

It goes back to the foundation of the US as a Republic of states under a restricted Federal government. The Constitution was a list of what powers the Federal government could and couldn't have.

The ability to infringe on the people's right to keep and bear arms was a very clear restriction that has been bastardized through the years.

The reason for that was the citizens of the US, as Madison points out, are the best-armed society in the world and the government is of the people, by the people, and for the people.
This doesn't address the fact that the Constituion calls for the good regulation of the bearing of arms, and Madison, in refers to this militia as "united and conducted by governments," in regard to the states themselves.

McGentrix wrote:

Now, the government is of the wealthy, by the wealthy, and for the wealthy. The rest of us are basically wage slaves and tax monkeys.

How is this relevant to the anti-regulation, bearing of arms free-for-all argument?

The militia that Madison refers to is what is now the National Guard, organized and controlled by the states and the federal government.

Many Republicans in Congress agree with Representative Matt Gaetz that the Second Amendment "is about maintaining within the citizenry the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government, if that becomes necessary."

This purported right to overthrow the government means that the people must enjoy access to weapons that are wholly unnecessary for hunting or self-defense, such as military-style assault weapons. As Representative Chip Roy, a Republican, argues, the Second Amendment was "designed purposefully to empower the people to resist the force of tyranny used against them."

Some champions of this insurrectionist theory of the Second Amendment seem to glorify violence against public officials. Two weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection overran the U.S. Capitol, Representative Lauren Boebert declared that the Second Amendment "has nothing to do with hunting, unless you're talking about hunting tyrants, maybe."

Statements such as these were irresponsible enough before Jan. 6. Today, such talk courts disaster. It valorizes the brutality of the worst insurrectionary domestic attack at the Capitol in U.S. history,

freezes our ability to pass reasonable gun safety legislation and justifies even more deadly political violence. It is essential to reject the myth that frustrated citizens have a Second Amendment right to raise arms against the government -- an outrageous betrayal of our Constitution.

Despite all this abundant repudiation of insurrection and rebellion in the body of the Constitution, some House Republicans still parrot National Rifle Association talking points and insist that the Second Amendment -- in invisible ink -- protects the right of private citizens to overthrow the government by force.

When I point out these problems with constitutional insurrectionism, my G.O.P. House colleagues fall back on two responses. First, they quote profusely from Patrick Henry -- of "Give me liberty or give me death" fame -- which is amusing because Henry was an anti-Federalist who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. It's like quoting speeches by the Confederate leader Jefferson Davis to settle the meaning of the 13th and 14th Amendments.

TIME TO REPEAL THE 2ND AMENDMENT.

CNN reports on simple laser printed device that turns any semi auto handgun into a machine gun in seconds. There were over 5000 incidents with the devise last year. It is called an auto sear. Google it for the full story

and talk to your lawmakers

and of course vote blue every time you can.

sheer insanity. no the left does not,

So much for the self-styled "armed resistance" – these are the people claiming to be "protecting our freedom" and they can't even hold up their side in an online discussion.

To have a gun you should have a legitimate reason.

People living in the wilds need to protect themselves from wild animals like bears.
These are legitimate reasons.

I could see Oralloy doing something like that.