BlackSand
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- Oct 23, 2013
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A Straw Man of apples and antelopes ^^^, and way off topic. Nothing in my post suggested getting rid of assault weapons. Full auto is already licensed, thus infringed; which obviates "shall not be infringed".
"Arms" is another word in the 2nd A. which is ambiguous, please define what you consider an "Arm" which shall not be infringed.
Here's some food for thought:
A 5' gun, mounted not on a naval vessel but on a flat bed truck, an anti tank weapon, Frag. Grenades and RPG's - each is an "Arm", is it not?
How many do you want to be in the public domain, unrestricted?
You are the one trying to argue ...
For context ... At the point the Constitution was ratified ...
A private citizen could legally own a fast sailing ship with up to eight cannons.
Where that could mean a lot of things in exculpatory assumptions ... There are a few things certain about it.
A fast ship with up to eight cannons is not for sport or hunting wild game ...
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