Comment by Retric
2 days ago
Air guns existed sure. There’s a reason those aren’t used by the military today, they just aren’t that dangerous.
2 days ago
Air guns existed sure. There’s a reason those aren’t used by the military today, they just aren’t that dangerous.
They're deadly and rapid fire.
But again, in historical context, the point of the 2A was to permit people to own the most deadly weapons of war that existed at that time.
> They’re deadly and rapid fire
So are a pile of stones, it’s the degree of risk to the public that matters not some arbitrary classification.
Ignoring differences is degree here isn’t enough to win the argument.
That is an argument that people make today.
Where was that part of the decision making process in 1789?
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