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SnooCats373 t1_ixh3w4t wrote

Reply to comment by quitofilms in Argument over social media post leads to woman shooting at car with kids inside by MrsFinger

I have always thought ac "well-regulated" meant a militia that was well trained and commanded.

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quitofilms t1_ixh48n4 wrote

Same

The gun crowd has assuned it to mean "just works well together"

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bandit69 t1_ixi8qpd wrote

as would any sane, reasoning person.

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indoninja t1_ixhax43 wrote

All towns had a militia. Being a dude who owned land and could vote meant you were in. I don’t think they let hobo Jo have a gun back in the day. And the certainty wouldn’t have allowed anybody to own a gun that you could take down 10+ people with if you had 2 hrs of training.

/and gtfo with Girardoni rifle technically being able to shoot more than one person.

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indoninja t1_ixhpp4p wrote

Being part of the militia.

And the bigger part is that you void t kill a bunch of people with a musket.

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