@design_RG interesting fact. Fully automatic machine guns pre-dated the 2nd ammendment in the USA by I think it was 100 years.
@design_RG First fully automatic machine gun was built in 1718 and was somewhat popular, many other models of automatics followed.
So not quite 100 years I admit, but a still.
@freemo ??
Really? Judging from the "second" ordinal, I assume it was a very early amendment to the US Constitution.
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Yes, though so.
1791, date of Second ammendment. No repeating weapons at the time even.
The language is very Colonial period, and could be a case study for clarification, if SCOTUS had the guts to do it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution