Arms. When the Founding Fathers referred to "arms," did they mean semi-automatic weapons equipped with large magazines? Or should we interpret the Constitution based on the meaning of words at the time?
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Arms. When the Founding Fathers referred to "arms," did they mean semi-automatic weapons equipped with large magazines? Or should we interpret the Constitution based on the meaning of words at the time?
When they wrote about the freedom of speech did they only mean talking or did they also mean the internet and telephones and such?
The Constitution was written by people who literally JUST revolted against an oppressive Government. I feel confident in saying they 100% meant weapons applicable to the time should be available for a repeat if necessary.
Arms:
noun
1.
weapons and ammunition; armaments.
The word has the same meaning today as it did in 1790.
If they intended the second amendment to be restrictive in that way, it would have been written something like: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear muskets, shall not be infringed.
But it doesn’t say that…
Let's forget the faulty argument that Republicans are trying to grant rights to cells. What they really mean is they're granting old Christian men the right to deny the personal freedoms and body autonomy of those who don't follow Judeo-Christian dogma.
The Christian radicalism of the Supreme Court is worth mentioning in every thread, tool.
seran doesn't understand that, he only understands hate