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"The right to bear arms shall not be infringed" is as unambiguous as "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
by sickofparadox 2y ago
"The right to bear arms shall not be infringed" is as unambiguous as "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoDo you truly believe the individual right to bear arms was the law, or commonly acknowledged let alone accepted, before WWII?
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- sickofparadox 2y agoYou could buy bolt action, semi, and even fully automatic firearms, including belt fed machine guns, with no ID out of a catalog and have it delivered to your door before WW2. Acting like the individual right to bear arms didn't exist before Heller is akin to an 8 year old telling me 9/11 was a fictional event. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54213/54213-h/54213-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54213/54213-h/54213-h.htm https://www.ar15.com/media/mediafiles/346339/838C8AF0-140E-4B52-B8F1-CBEC3514ACFA_jpeg-1054643.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediafiles/346339/838C8AF0-140E-4... https://archive.org/details/catalogno12400sear/page/904/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/catalogno12400sear/page/904/mode...
- kasey_junk 2y agoCruikshank pretty much said it didn’t exist in 1876.
- sickofparadox 2y agoThe Sears catalog did not seem to get the memo, and was not impeded in its distribution for missing it.
- kasey_junk 2y agoThe mailing of firearms act in 1927 and the national firearms act of 1934 both changed how sears could sell through their catalog. Your example is a good one because Thompson sub machine guns was a frequently cited impetus for the NFA.