Flintlock muskets... [View all]
Fucking flintlock muskets. That's basically the only type of firearm a person could acquire when the 2nd amendment was written.
Ruminate on that for a moment.
A gun that fires a single round, that requires no less than a minute to reload another SINGLE round. With ammunition that consists of a heavy ball that most likely stops in the first body it hits.
I've fired a flintlock before...the recoil damn near knocks you on your ass and you can't even see the target you've just fired at through all the smoke. Reloading takes forever and a great amount of skill...I'm glad I never had to reload one of those things in a war.
The authors of the Constitution had no idea of the technology of the future, and I can bet they never envisioned the "right" for anyone to acquire guns that can fire several rounds in a few seconds, with a single bullet being able to cut through several bodies before stopping.
That's why the founding fathers made the Constitution a living document...they knew it would have to change with the times.
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