Skull Pilot
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Is not the Preamble to the COTUS prefatory? Thus,
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Reading the text as a vision statement one must conclude that the proliferation of guns do little to promote a more perfect union, establish justice or ensure domestic Tranquility. A Militia however, organized, armed and disciplined and whose officers are appointed by the several governments to will train a Militia would likely provide for the common defense and the general welfare of our citizens.
Common defense is defense of the country from outside forces not protection from other citizens. That's a matter for the states