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| Topic | "take the guns first, go through due process second." |
| Syntheticon 03/01/18 12:08:05 AM #6: | MrMelodramatic posted... "take the guns first, go through due process second."- Donald Trump Well, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Inb4 any 2nd amendment butthurt: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The well regulated part is most commonly overlooked-you have to observe all of it if you're going to quote it as a reason to be armed to the teeth with automatic assault class weapons. Also, the primary "arms" of the time were muskets with a one-round magazine capacity, firing effectively around three rounds per minute in the hands of a highly proficient user, with a maximum accuracy range around 50m. Compare this to the hot item of the day, the AR-15, which has a magazine capacity of 30 rounds, an effective fire rate of 45 rounds a minute and an accurate range of 550m-hardly an like-for-like comparison. We need to decide if we're going to follow the letter or the spirit of the law in all situations, on both sides or revise it entirely to suit modern requirements. --- Mod me? You don't even know me! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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