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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Random thought about assault rifles etc:
Many of us consider placing limitations on assault weapons among the most reasonable of the restrictions that the government can place on gun ownership, and yet, if you try to read the 2nd amendment to be about militias, wouldn't those be the guns be the most essential in that regard?
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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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