It was normalized in the US because white settlers always had to be ready to commit genocide against indigenous people or put down slave revolts - that's what the 2nd amendment was really all about. In a socialist community, firearms will be necessary because there will always be nazis about (not to mention their ex-cop friends).

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I mean those are two reasons it was kept, but there's also:

It's based on a historical English law
Wild predators
Police back then were sometimes days away (and still hours away today in some cases)
Hunting for food
Shooting the French
Shooting the Spanish
The revolutionists were tired of raiding garrisons every time they needed armament
The founding fathers wanted to keep their war ships