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AG78 Donating Member (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-04 01:42 PM
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Another question on guns
Edited on Mon Jul-12-04 01:46 PM by AG78
What would that amendment look like if they wrote it today?

When they wrote it, nobody had bombs that they could drop from thousands of feet in the air. Nobody had machine guns. The armies of that day maybe had a cannon or two. A ship here and there. A few pop guns that you had to reload after every shot. Right? I'm not fluent in the history of guns, but I've read some.

Today, governments have tanks. Nucular(hey, it seems everyone in Congress says it that way now too) warheads. Fighter jets. Submarines. Aircraft carriers. "Smart" bombs. Laser guided this and that. And the list goes on and on.

I understand why it was written when it was written. I'm just wondering if the same rules apply today as they did then, what would you have the right to have in your basement(or wherever you put guns)?

Would everyone have the right to bear an F-16? That's what people fight against. I know in Iraq they've been able to kill a few soldiers here and there, but the American government is still in Iraq, and not leaving.
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