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In that context, just what was the newly founded US government thinking when they added the Second Amendment?
To maintain the power of citizens/civilians to rebel against their government when necessary.
I want to preserve the right to armed insurrection against the government IF AND ONLY IF the government turns tyrannical. ...too.
That is just one of the contingencies that our constitutions prepare us for.
Every person who has served in the Armed Forces has sworn to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." at least once. The ambiguity within that statement is intentional. We strive to prepare for every contingency, not just a singular specific instance.
Among the many lawful users of the rifles Ed Murray, MDA/MAIG, et al want banned, and all of their accessories, you will also see our guardsmen and reservists, retirees like me and active duty military, out of our own pocket, on our own time, supplementing the 5 days a year of range time for qualification, with practice on our own. Additionally, with the unorganized militia defined in 10 USC 311 and 312, and RCW title 38, there is a very large pool of all those non-affiliated 18+ year old citizens that may be called up for militia duty by the governor or president.
Any other lawful use that we have for firearms is an ancillary benefit of our natural right of self preservation, and those statutes all utilize that ability, to ensure that we can also respond to threats to our community. Diminishing the tools available for an individual's defense, likewise diminishes his ability to lend to the defense of his community.
Just as the second amendment provides for ability to train and equip our citizens for duty in the unorganized militia, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code § 311 - Militia: composition and classes | LII / Legal Information Institute and 10 U.S. Code § 312 - Militia duty: exemptions | LII / Legal Information Institute , we have a corollary at the state level, in RCW 38.04.030: Composition of the militia. and the governor may call up the state's unorganized militia under RCW 38.08.050: Governor may order out unorganized militia.
However, he is only responsible for training and equipping the organized militia, as evidenced by
RCW 38.20.050: Small arms ranges.
"Under the direction of the governor, the adjutant general shall, at the expense and in the name of the state, buy or lease, establish, equip, maintain and control such small arms ranges and issue such ammunition, transportation and supplies as may be necessary to provide each unit of the organized militia of Washington with adequate means and opportunity for thorough instruction in small arms".
Even if the state had the means to arm every 18+ year old male or female that could possibly be called up, it would be useless to do so without them (us) receiving adequate training, which won't be possible under the exigent circumstances that would require a call-up of our unorganized militia.