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I am confused by Second Amendment advocates arguing against nearly every possession law.
The U.S. Supreme Court is said to consider what was in the framers’ minds when the text was written, which would include the right to bear arms.
I believe that when the Bill of Rights was written, that meant muzzle-loading single-shot rifles and pistols. It did not refer to machine guns, anti-tank guns, shoulder-mounted cannons or small nuclear weapons.
Marshall Blann
Waikiki
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