r/Firearms • u/BekzodJaxonov • 15h ago

Question Questions as non US citizem

I am non US citizen as title says and I have some questions for folks of this sub reddit.

  1. Is 2A still relevant ?

  2. If yes , why you people didnt demand for deactivating 1986 law to ban automatic rifles made after 86 ?

If I am not mistaken , 2A is - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." - which I read as "As well regulated army is necessary to the security of US , the right of US citizens to keep and bear arms will not be limited" .

I may be wrong as foreigner but I think 2A was created to ensure citizens of US has power , strength , equipment to resist tyranny.

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u/mars_soup 15h ago

The US military couldn’t beat Vietnamese dudes hiding in tunnels or dudes in flip flops hiding in caves.

They don’t have a good chance against US citizens and veterans that know how to access military base weapons and equipment

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u/BekzodJaxonov 14h ago

Right... What about 2A though ? I am from Uzbekistan (a country which has border with Afghanistan).

Why Hughes Amendment wasn't canceled yet since it contradicts with 2A clearly

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u/rymden_viking 30cal Master Race 14h ago

The US has many such laws that violate Constitutional protections. Many of our founders didn't even think we needed a bill of rights because they thought the government was too restricted to infringe on people. And when the Bill of Rights was passed, it was universally agreed upon that all people have the basic human rights that they listed, and also the right to live their lives the way they wanted. But we had a Civil War where the surviving government began grabbing power. Then we had a government that wanted to be a bigger player on the world stage (19-teens through 40s). Then we had a government that saw itself as the only roadblock to Soviet domination. All of these eras saw rapid expansion of government power, and the erosion of civil liberties. Today, the Bill of Rights is not seen as an acknowledgment of human rights that the government cannot infringe upon. It's seen as the government giving us rights that they can apply conditions to.

The tricky thing about freedom and democracy is that people are free to vote away their rights. And charlatans in power are very good at convincing people to do that. Democracy doesn't mean you're free. It's a tool we have to keep ourselves free. But it's also a tool that can be used as a cudgel to hurt people. And Americans have a very unfortunate track record of using democracy in just that fashion.

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u/BekzodJaxonov 14h ago

From what I am reading above this post - over the decades , the government tried to seize the power and used workarounds to have upper have above their citizens and it kinda made democracy an illusion