Zenith2017 t1_j8x4c9b wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Reply to comment by hambone012 in Turtle Creek man charged with possessing guns in Pittsburgh's federal building by lod254

I'm sure we can do better than worshipping a 250 year old document made in the age of blunderbusses and muskets

ChefGuru t1_j8xcld8 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:57 PM

It wasn't all muskets, back then. The first fully automatic firearm had already been invented when the 2nd Amendment was written. And despite Biden lying about the fact that citizens couldn't buy a cannon, back then, civilians could, in fact, purchase, own, and use weapons of war. Considering the government didn't originally want a standing military force, citizens had to have access to higher caliber weapons used in war.

Zenith2017 t1_j8xdd4u wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:02 PM

How do you feel about the militia bit?

ChefGuru t1_j8xia6i wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:33 PM

You know it wasn't taking about an actual established militia unit, like most people think of a militia, today, right? Most citizens in the country are, by default, already militia members.