>>>Yeah 200+ years ago when people only had single shot muskets that took 2 minutes to load a single shot. Come on man - think dude!
>>It was all the enemy had then too.
>>Gun bans don't make anyone safer except criminals.
>The army had cannons not just muskets

When I said "the enemy" I was referring to the majority of other criminal people you'd likely encounter on a daily basis who could've had weapons to use against your personal safety. But, you're right the military had bigger weapons than most people.

>having a gun in your house doesn't make you safer

This one's in a business, but an over 60 granny fought off five criminals by herself. Even goes running after them:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1767061655001/

>there was a report on that not too long ago and the odds of the gun saving
>you from a problem are substantially less than a problem happening as a
>result of the gun being in your house to begin with (i.e. - accidents etc).

There will always be accidents. People cut fingers off with kitchen knives every day. They stab themselves in the hands and face with forks. People even crash automobiles into stationary trees, curbs, parked cars, without being under the influence.

Proper education on weapon safety and use will reduce those kinds of accidents, but you will never be able to get rid of them.

The 2nd Amendment was written and exists to keep would-be aggressors from being able to dominate the mass citizenry. It was a necessary component the framers recognized and even singled out the reasons why in its text "...being necessary to the security of a free State(nation)..." The reason it was created is obvious in every form. They feared for the U.S. from aggressors, both foreign and domestic.

It is as much a necessity today as it was back then, and has not changed in need since it was introduced.