Hub, one line you wrote gives the whole game away.
It gets so out of hand, the criminal element is so organized, it overpowers the police and armed forces
So you believe that if a criminal element is so strong it has the ability to overpower the might and resources of the The United States of America's military and police forces, Joe public has any chance whatsoever to make a difference no matter what firearms they are armed with?
Hub, you are talking about bringing a pea shooter to a nuclear weapon fight!
Again, the second amendment was written in the late 1700's when the government's military arsenal was predominantly rudimentary rifles and so allowing the people the right to bear arms, ie rudimentary rifles also, made complete sense to combat a tyrannical government.
Your Forefathers were 100% correct and extremely astute for their time.
But they could not have know what the future held.
Arming the people to protect against a tyrannical government is no longer relevant in 2019 even though it is still written in your Constitution.
Yes, the people have all manner of fire arms.
But the Government have nuclear weapons, F-35 rapture aircraft, Aircraft carriers larger that a small town, deadly drones, submarines that stay submerged indefinitely and attack while never being seen, possible space based weapons, etc.
I'm sorry Hub but unfortunately your point is mute.
The only point you might have made is for a country to have a powerful military presence to deter China or anyone else from invading which is another topic all together...
* Last updated by: yannih on 9/29/2019 @ 4:11 PM *
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