It is no secret that the founding of the United States of America has profoundly and beneficially impacted the prosperity of the entire world. By extension, the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is one of the key tools, and last resort, to ensure that prosperity continues.
According to the American Enterprise Institute:
In the decades that followed World War II, America exercised its leadership to underpin and shape globalization in a manner that ensured economic prosperity both at home and abroad. This international economic system, which could not have been created without America, has been responsible for lifting nearly a billion of people [sic] out of poverty at a pace never before seen.
We did this by promoting lower international trade barriers, fairer trade standards, and consistency. Our conservative and capitalist values and the strategic use of military power ensured the safe and cost-effective movement of goods throughout the world.
ByMatt Rowe