> Preventing standing armies was, which is presumably why the statement was that having one (and also standing paramilitary forces for internal security, which was actually the abuse that was the biggest fear motivating fear of standing armies) rendered the second amendment irrelevant.

This is inaccurate?

https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Federalist_(Dawson)/45

James Madison argues from the assumption of having an standing army, and why an armed populace makes a Federal tyranny unlikely.

There are many (most) things I don’t like about Republicans, but making THIS an issue is something I just don’t understand about Democrats.

Pick your battles.