When the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, the largest guns they had were muskets. The modern bullet had not yet been invented. They could only shoot one bullet at a time. Today’s assault weapon would be like the power of a cannon to them. The Second Amendment is NOT a legitimate reason not to ban assault weapons. Ban them now.

Apr 12, 2023 · 3:41 AM UTC

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They didn't have blogs, cable TV and the internet either but they all fall under the 1st Amendment.
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Remember that when a good guy with a weapon takes out a bad guy with a weapon, if you're lucky. If not, tough luck.
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The Founders would absolutely argue for the people's right to own F16s before they agreed with banning ANY guns. You clearly need to learn more about the Founders.
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If modern bullets were used and AR-15's were around 1791 the 2nd Amendment would still be worded the same way.
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Most AR-15's fires a small round .223. It is a 22 bullet. It would not be like the power of a canon. Power is a 3" 00 Magnum Buckshot from a 12-gauge shotgun. No military uses an AR-15 in combat, no one. It is not an assault weapon. It is called a Modern Sporting Rifle.
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You misapprehend the meaning and purpose of the 2Am. The second amendment has very little to do with any specific firearm. It is about the fundamental right to self defense.
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Guns are just a tool, an implement of deadly force, nothing more. One can use anything as such an implement, a weapon of opportunity, from a toothpick to a biological agent or directed energy. The salient point is the credence that is given the principle that self defense, in every conceivable form, is indispensable fundamental integral and inseparable part of individual freedom and personal agency, and, by extension, any free society. Further, an individual and society are free in direct proportion to the degree of the individual’s right to self defense in all of its conceivable forms.
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The second amendment allowed for cannons at the time as well.
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