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In reply to the discussion: Tolerance of "weapon flakes" is coming to an end. [View all]thucythucy
(8,045 posts)"well regulated" enough. Even so, you do seem to accept that "shall not infringe" doesn't mean "shall not in any way restrict, regulate, or even prohibit certain weapons"--so your question about "what part of shall not infringe don't you understand" seems a little odd. I understand it's a common rhetorical flourish, has a certain ring to it, but really, even you seem to acknowledge that it doesn't make much sense.
Speaking of which, and getting back to Lewis and Clark, what on earth prompted you to post such an absurd observation? What possible relevance does the weaponry carried by two explorers heading out across an entirely unknown (to them) continent at the dawn of the 19th century have to this discussion today, in which we're dealing with the aftermath of the brutal murder of twenty primary school children?
It's strange leaps like that--esoteric references to gun minutia that bear little if any relevance to the issue at hand--that strike so many people, here and elsewhere, as bizarre, and given the context, even somewhat callous. One might even see it as an instance of "weapon flakery" that the OP is railing against.