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Outside of discussing 18th-century language, do you really believe Americans are going to turn over their guns because a politician comes along and says we have
by jriot 7y ago
Outside of discussing 18th-century language, do you really believe Americans are going to turn over their guns because a politician comes along and says we have been misinterpreting it thus we must all turn in our guns?
- kickopotomus 7y agoAlone, most likely not. However, the second amendment has never been formally challenged in such a way and there is little legal precedent formalizing the right for Americans to individually own weapons. It would be naive to think that any change to US law with regards to guns will change anything overnight but we have to start somewhere and allow for the culture around gun ownership to change over time.
- jriot 7y ago> there is little legal precedent formalizing the right for Americans to individually own weapons. As an American I don't need a legal precedent to say I can own certain property, a legal precedent needs to be set to say I can't own certain property.