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I doubt many will agree on the purpose of the second amendment, but I'd love to hear why everybody thinks the second amendment was written. Personally, I understand that it was put there so that we could take back our government if they get out of control.
It was put there so the STATES could take back control, hence the part about "Well-Regulated Militias".
They never envisioned Adam Lanza with a semi-automatic going through a school. Probably because the 1789 "School Shooter" would get off one shot and then everyone would flee in the three minutes it would take to reload his muzzle loaded musket.
The thing was, in 1789, guns were only effective in mass volleys. Hence, "Well-regulated". It wasn't one maniac with a gun running through a church or a school or a shopping mall, which is what we have today.
I know you are an uneducated low information Moon Bat and get many things wrong but to keep from seeming to be a fool on threads like this you really should read the Miller case. In that case the Supremes said that the Second applied to firearms in use by the military.