Comment Re:What's the problem? (Score 1) 717
Home defense is a good reason. I personally know a couple people who are still alive as a result of owning a firearm.
If you have a problem with the 2nd Amendment, the proper course of action is to further amend it, not to ignore its meaning. SCOTUS has repeatedly held that various dependent clauses in the Constitution hold no restrictive power over the independent clauses to which they are attached. These have been applied to powers granted the Federal Government and to rights such as the 2nd Amendment.
The 2nd does in fact mention that its purpose is to enable the creation of well-regulated militias. Militias being irrelevant to modern warfare does not in any way negate the statement that follows the reasoning portion of the amendment. It has the same effect in the 2nd as it does in every other amendment the language is used: "the right of the people