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After the recent Supreme Court decision I got to thinking about what the "framers" of the Constitution had in mind when they wrote the 2nd Amendment. It's difficult to put one's mind back over 200 years to see if they could have envisioned what society would look like in the future. During a time of single shot muskets (which mis-fired as often as fired), blunderbusses etc. could they have imagined a society armed with Glocks, AK47's etc.?
If I am not mistaken the 2nd Amendment was adopted in 1791...presumably the biggest threat to one's safety and property at the time was the RedCoats. Now it's gangs, druggies and other armed thugs.
Just some musing about how the times have changed.
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