and how do you feel about the founders intentions about the civilians always being more powerful than a standing army?
I think what was true in 1776 isn't necessarily true today. For instance, you don't cure yourself with leeches or shit in an outhouse, do you?
And the civilians were to be a part of a "well regulated" militia. What about your gun ownership is "well-regulated" today, if 230,000 of your guns get stolen every year? Doesn't seem like it's well-regulated at all if a quarter of a million guns get stolen every freaking year.
or are you one of those that thinks the feds LOVED their new central government and trusted them implicitly, so the right to bear arms was just a big 'haha, fucked you' to the new populace?
Since we live in a globalized world, in a central economy, the idea of States' Rights is complete and utter bullshit.
The founders never envisioned a world where you can sit at a computer in Florida, order a product from Seattle, have it shipped by a company from Texas, and pay for it with a credit card based in Delaware.