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In reply to the discussion: THIS is what firearms looked like when the 2nd Amendment was written ... [View all]pacalo
(24,721 posts)23. Okay, that's funny.
Even more so if you were the one doing the writing. Ever proofread before you click the reply button? LOL.
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THIS is what firearms looked like when the 2nd Amendment was written ... [View all]
Bozita
Dec 2012
OP
WTF. Fail again. 1500 strokes for 30 rounds! Lets replace all guns with it now!!
Logical
Dec 2012
#9
Yeah, I'm sure by the 700th stroke the shooter would be tackled and handcuffed already.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#31
You can go to Wikipedia or open any history book and find out what I said is true.
Confusious
Dec 2012
#145
I am realistic enough to know that we cannot merely presume original intent,
Confusious
Dec 2012
#153
I really am not sure if semiautomatic rifles would have changed their minds.
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#100
This needs to be an OP. I'm getting tired of seeing the meaning of the 2nd Amendment being
pacalo
Dec 2012
#15
You should email Supreme Court Justices and tell they have it all wrong and misinterpreted it.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#20
Why do they never, EVER explain the part about the "well regulated militia"?... I guess it's because
world wide wally
Dec 2012
#17
You do realize that rifles that held muliple shots were available back then
Travis_0004
Dec 2012
#26
You do realize that the memorized rightwing rebuttals are just getting boring, right?
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#49
You do realize that it doesn't take very much to convert a semi-automatic weapon....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#54
Ah, so you are of a mind that the founding fathers were geniuses with perfect foresight
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#39
Is your position is that the Founding Fathers didn't think firearms technology would advance?
Taitertots
Dec 2012
#43
No, there were huge breakthroughs in firearms technology in the lives of the Founding Fathers
Taitertots
Dec 2012
#103
And most people owned them, and how many used to them for killing people?
The Straight Story
Dec 2012
#34
Top of the line current technology of the day. Why would they be required to own anything less?
geckosfeet
Dec 2012
#37
The rate of fire of a muzzle-loading musket and/or rifle at the time of the American Revolution....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#58
The "stupid musket argument" is exactly the context of the world in which the....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#59
”Never trust a government that doesn’t trust its own citizens with guns.” ~ Benjamin Franklin.
-..__...
Dec 2012
#64
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. ~ Benjamin Franklin
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#75
I'd rather trust the government than be forced to trust idiot neighbors like Nancy Lanza.
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#119
If you wanted to fire 30 rounds in a short period of time you needed 30 men with muskets.
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#79
I don't think that a field gun would have commonly been privately owned in the 18th century.
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#93
You might not think it, but they were, and they were part of the reason for the 2nd.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#94
But that is not the point, now is it? This thread and my reply are about the 18th - 19th century.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#97
Well first, you're just wrong about ownership of artillery by colonists. The Continental Congress
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#102
Because I just knew you don't have anything to do but sit here waiting for someone to
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#127