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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2 million b0t followers and still only managed 2.5k likes over a day lmao 🤣 😂
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Puckle gun is a machine gun invented 70 years before the second amendment was written. Loads of other examples more sophisticated than muskets were around too. Sorry, I hate gun crime but this fired 9 rounds a minute. I’d give more examples but it’s nearly 5am here.
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Right. They hadn't just got done fighting a war where they saw in living technicolor what a musket ball does to a human body. Or anything.
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How many times do you people have to be reminded of cannons and puckle guns before you admit you're liars?
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The problem is the 2nd amendment is outdated. Besides muskets, single shot pistols were also commonly used when 2nd amendment was written. The fire arms didn’t start to change & evolved till after the civil war. The founders never expected the fire arm to evolved & change.
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The Bill of Rights is not a religious document; no one went up to Mt. Sinai to have it delivered to them. It can be edited & updated, & should be.
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240 years ago, 39 men gathered in a room to write a Constitution. They were very close, but they didn’t get absolutely everything right. Hence: mistakes (blacks as 3/5 of a person, etc). Why we can’t question their judgment on specific elements is beyond me. 39 men 240 years ago.
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The largest were the cannon. Yeah! We can use cannons.
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