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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: RTFM on November 15, 2012, 06:56:59 AM
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No idea if this was a satire video or not.... from this site http://saveuschuckwoolery.com/
But damn if he (they?) don't get it RIGHT.
Enjoy
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Yeah, he got it right. When our founding fathers wrote the 2A, there were referring to the assault weapons of the day...the flintlock musket and pistol. That meant that the people could easily be formed into a regulated militia to defend the nation against foreign invaders AND domestic tyranny. As each generation of assault weapon was introduced...percussion, rimfire, centerfire, toggle action, bolt action, slide action,lever action, semi-automatic action weapons were adopted by our armed forces AND by the people for hunting and self-defense. It mattered not who (the armed forces or the people) first adopted the weapon! Yes, I did not mention select fire and automatic weapons. These are, and perhaps should be, the only concern for continued regulation. I don't argue for it, just recognize a departure point for discussion. A decision has to be made where the line is drawn, lest we allow hand grenades, grenade launchers, machine guns, anti-aircraft weapons, LAWS, F117's, etc., ad nauseum. But this argument need not be extended to stupidity: what looks like an assault rifle, hand grips, silencers, lasers, adjustable stocks, whatever. I certainly wished stocks were adjustable when I was a youngster; also when my son was growing up (and up, and up). Do you know that lasers are a no-no here in MD when hunting deer (gotta protect the deer's eye before we shoot him!)? Oh well, I digress...
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JrLobo is sort of wrong.
The 2nd A does not specify guns, it specifies "arms".
In other words it included bayonets, swords, lances, and artillery pieces.
In other words ALL weaponry in common use.
Ole Chuck's come a long way from the days of cocaine and the Gong Show.