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Originally Posted by nittanyalum
When the framers were talking about militias and their one-shot-muskets to make sure the colonists could defend themselves against the crown or other enemies, I can't imagine they had AK-47s in mind when they wrote the amendment. Or fathom the existence of a gun like that.
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Da Vinci envisioned the machine gun in the 14th century; the first documented rapid-fire gun was patented in 1718. I don’t see why the founding fathers couldn’t have imagined a light weight assault rifle.