RetiredGySgt
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The 2nd amendment does not cover weapons of mass destruction it covers personal arms carried and maintained by an individual. If you are arguing that since that was muskets when it was written and it should still only be muskets then you have no right to a computer typewriter or modern printing press. No phones, no TV no radio, etc etc.Do Righties here know how much time it took to load a musket with just one bullet?
Those were the weapons of the day that the Constitution guaranteed a civilian could have and bear.
So, why are Conservatives advocating that we stick with the old time muskets? Hmmmm?
Where is the right restricted only to weapons of that time? Point out the passage.
Now, you take a minute an think about that.
Had our founding fathers known that 200 years later, we would possess weapons of mass destruction, would they have worded the 2nd amendment the way they did?
Sure looks as if context is not your thing.
Your speculations are quite speculative.
Do you know how long it took to reload a musket in 1791?
Nothing could be more irrelevant to this issue.
False. It is VERY relevant.
Only, RWNJs like you do not have enough courage to answer the question, mostly because you are pussies who run away when confronted with hard facts.
A musket from circa 1791 takes about 40 seconds to 1 minute in time to load and fire with one single projectile:
Had our forefathers known that one day, people could have semi-automatic weapons that can fire 40 to 60 RPM (some fire up to 800 RPM), they would likely have worded the amendment differently.
The purpose of the 2nd was to ensure the people had access to and could own weapons of a personal nature belonging to a militia or army. That means semi automatic rifles that you retards call assault weapons because they LOOK scary but fire no faster then any semiautomatic hunting rifle.
As for claiming because a musket was what was current in the beginning and that is all the amendment deals with then the Government has the right to prevent modern printing presses, phones, tvs, radios, computers, etc etc.
Our Second Article of Amendment is only about one thing; and that Intent and that Purpose is in the first (sergeant) clause.
Actually retard we have had this conversation before. The militia part is NOT the controlling clause it is simply a descriptive clause that lists one of what could be many reasons for the main clause.
Further the Supreme Court has ruled that one does NOT need to belong to a militia in order to be covered by the second amendment which further destroys your ignorant opinion.