As much as the current herd of Republican SCOTUS extremists CLAIM to focus on the original intent of the Constitution, as with abortion, they consistently misstate the actual historical practices that were in place at the time of the enactment of the 2nd amendment.
Guns and really weapons of ALL SORTS (including knives) were EXTREM…
As much as the current herd of Republican SCOTUS extremists CLAIM to focus on the original intent of the Constitution, as with abortion, they consistently misstate the actual historical practices that were in place at the time of the enactment of the 2nd amendment.
Guns and really weapons of ALL SORTS (including knives) were EXTREMELY regulated in the 18th century (which makes sense when you consider the fact that governments were by and large autocratic at that time, so royals and landowners who had some limited say in the government, had a strong vested interest in preventing the common person from being armed).
And that's even ignoring the fact that these "originalists" or "textualists" have no problem just ignoring the bloody text of the 2nd amendment in the first place, which clearly situates the right in the context of a "well regulated militia", with "militia" at the time being understood as the equivalent of each state's national guard.
Agreed.
As much as the current herd of Republican SCOTUS extremists CLAIM to focus on the original intent of the Constitution, as with abortion, they consistently misstate the actual historical practices that were in place at the time of the enactment of the 2nd amendment.
Guns and really weapons of ALL SORTS (including knives) were EXTREMELY regulated in the 18th century (which makes sense when you consider the fact that governments were by and large autocratic at that time, so royals and landowners who had some limited say in the government, had a strong vested interest in preventing the common person from being armed).
And that's even ignoring the fact that these "originalists" or "textualists" have no problem just ignoring the bloody text of the 2nd amendment in the first place, which clearly situates the right in the context of a "well regulated militia", with "militia" at the time being understood as the equivalent of each state's national guard.