@Godstud ;
QFT. This is what most people want. responsible gun ownership.
Yes, and note what you've said below here about 'conspiracy theory', because it's important.
The "Well trained militia" part of the 2nd Amendment seems to imply training.
Yes, and ''training'' for what, pray tell? More than personal self-defense, but collective self-defense also.
This is Conspiracy Theory nonsense.
No one is trying to confiscate all the weapons as to render them dependent and compliant, except for the most fanatical anti-gun people. This Is USA we're talking about, not North Korea. This is fear-mongering of the highest order, and the NRA likes to propagate this fear.
I know what the NRA likes to propagate and why, yes, but as you admit, there are fanatical anti-gun people, so it's important to state that one can go too far in limitations on personal/militia weaponry
Pretending that the right to bear arms would enable your to overthrow the USA, is sheer fantasy.
The Militia exists to protect the American Revolution, and restore the American Revolution should it ever be overthrown. If people concerned about guns and so-called ''Second Amendment'' advocates have both forgotten that, is really besides the point.
So what then is the ''Militia''? It is in fact the People's Army, conscripted, trained, and politically educated in the principles of the American Revolution. So there is no license for gun owners to go beyond collective or self defense, but there remains an obligation to possess vigilant collective and personal oversight of the government in order to maintain public sovereignty.