Yesterday I came across a 'meme' about the second amendment in the US and it sticked with me..
The second amendment (gun BS law) was created with the Musket in mind that could fire ~max 2 rounds per minute.
These days many (US Fanboys 
) don't have Muskets anymore but AR15's for example. This stupid weapon fires 400 rounds per minute ⚠️ What the actually fucking fuck is what I ask..
For hunting deer? "Protecting" yourself? From what? Aliens?
This shit is one of the things keeping me from moving there. Why would I want ppl around me who think guns are okay and cool..
I call it a sickness.
Fuck guns!
@icedquinn as usual, no.
During the course of the Revolution, approximately 1,700 letters of Marque were issued to privateers. In the War of 1812, President James Madison issued more than 500 letters of Marque to privateers. These letters of marque created what was, essentially, legal piracy, and it was sanctioned by the government and even deemed necessary. So how did these privateers arm their vessels? With cannons that they purchased as individuals. Our colonial navy had approximately 1,200 cannons on board less than 65 ships. The privateers, on the other hand, had almost 15,000 cannons – all privately owned. Throughout much of this country’s history, privately-raised militia units have fought side by side with regular artillery units, with the only difference being that these militia units were using cannons that had been privately purchased. Many artillery units in the Civil War were funded privately.
https://www.ammoland.com/2021/06/actually-mr-president-you-can-own-a-cannon/
fuck off.
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HAte to break it to ya @stux
but @icedquinn is spot on. It is a well known (And not particularly disputed) fact that cannons and other heavily artillery were overwhelmingly owned by private, rather than military, entities during the early history of the USA.
Not only did the 2A include (intentionally) heavy artillery and clearly was not limited to the musket, but automatic fire weapons were already invented something like 100 years prior and well known to the founding fathers.
Long story short, the idea that the 2A was written specifically with muskets in mind really has no basis in reality at all when the facts are examined without the rhetoric.
