re: #1 Locker
Was just viewing this on the CNN site and had a bit of a go in the comments. Nice selection for the front page.
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.
Nothing about a tyrannical government. Nope. A militia secures a free state against oppression from other states. How could it secure freedom from itself?
If my right arm doesn’t like what my left arm is doing I have the right to rip it off and beat my head with it!
In fact, the Constitution specifically authorizes Congress to call up the militia to suppress insurrection; so the purpose served by the 2d Amendment is the exact opposite of what gun nuts claim.