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based in the ability of a nation to defend itself with or without a standing army

1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/
   The standing army isn't going anywhere.

2. If the US army suddenly disbanded what are your guns going to do against missles and jets?

Your just showing that the 2nd Amendment is out dated as the reason for its existence is no longer valid.

Recent failures in “catch and release” or soft on crime prosecutors has shown that despite trying to be progressive and change the way we treat criminals the criminals haven’t changed. They’re still the same as they’ve always been.

1. "The justice system is bad" is an argument to reform the justice system, not vigilantism.

2. "The justice system is bad" is an excellent argument to make gun less accessible.

Human nature being what it is, until we have perfect mass surveillance and zero freedoms we will continue to have a need to protect ourselves from bad actors.

Again, 4% of the world's population is responsible for 14% of the worlds guns deaths. Other countries have figured this out without "mass surveillance and zero freedoms".

I’m also of the belief that once a person has served their sentence and been released there shouldn’t be any additional future punishments stemming from prior convictions.

I don't disagree, I just want to point out that you just said the justice system is too lenient, and now you're saying it should be more lenient.