Something I am unsure of about America

I have read this:
"The right to bear arms" is the right to possess and carry weapons, a concept rooted in English history and enshrined in the United States as the Second Amendment, which allows people to have arms for self-defense and other purposes, subject to regulations.

What are the regulations? I ask because if someone can just gun down a thirty one years old as they disagree with his rhetoric how are guns and the right to bear arms working? Surely the fact the Framers didn’t include it in the Original Constitution means they didn’t want people killing other people adhoc.

Here in Italy 🇮🇹 I am privileged to have a concealed weapon because of whom my father is. But it is PURELY for self defence, and the defence of my daughter who is still a minor.

I read somewhere too that the police in one town went on strike and everyone wore a gun and they say crime was almost non existent. When the Amendment was added was this historically the thought of the legislators because there were a spate of killings?

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TexChik · F

In the US, after we fought the Brits for our independence, the right to keep and bear arms was integral to our national security. Before the war, the Brits disarmed the colonists and abused them with harsh regulations and treatment...because they had the guns and the colonists did not.

After Pearl Harbor, the fact that the Japanese understood the American populace was armed prevented an invasion of our West Coast. The Japanese thought there was "a rifle behind every blade of grass", and it would be much too dangerous to attempt.

The Constitution does not give us the right to keep and bear arms (self-defense and protection), it protects our unalienable right (granted by God) to do so.

You can own machine guns if you pass the background check and can afford the tax stamp. In conservative states in the US, you no longer need a permit to carry. Still, it is entirely incumbent on the person owning and carrying a weapon to know, understand, and follow the laws regulating that. The police are not forgiving when it comes to gun law violations.

We have courses for that. But most importantly, if you decide to own one and carry it concealed or in a holster, you'd better know how to use it and, even better, be very accurate with it. Again, training and practice are the only ways to accomplish that.

Most of what you hear about guns in the US is leftist propaganda. Unfortunately, there are criminals and mentally incompetent people out there who use guns to kill (Charlie Kirk). If someone is willing to sacrifice their life to take yours, you had better be the better shot with the most training and practice. The shooter in that case is facing the death penalty if he is found guilty.

Ximenajacoba · 26-30, F

@TexChik I didn’t think Imperial Japan wanted to invade the USA but force them to allow them free movement in their sphere of influence and the oil they needed to feed their growing industrial economy. America was using British tactics trying to contain Japan.