Porter Rockwell
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I think they had no clue just far advanced weaponry would become. When they sat down and wrote that...they had no clue about airplanes, trains, speed cars, tanks, jets, floating artillary ships, nukes, etc. Their goal was for every citizen to be able to protect themselves..which is what most of us that own weapon(s) planned when purchasing them. That I have no problem with. But..I see no reason why deeper delving into psyche should also be utilitzed to keep the nutbars from owning them. The guy in El Paso..his dad seems to be a nutbar too. So who bought him the weapons? Him or the guy himself? Also, on the other end of the dilemma....criminals don't really care about the standards and hoops of red tape to get a gun. Black market is alive and well.The Founding Fathers were very concerned that a single madman had the ability to kill many of them at a whim.
Which happens every week now, but hey...
I think that you would have to believe Benjamin Franklin a dullard to think he didn't anticipate a lot of modern marvels. But, since this is about firearms, the expeditionists Lewis and Clark employed a rifle that shot a 41 caliber rifle with a 30 round capacity (though it was only effective for the first 20 rounds) so the founders / framers knew what they were saying.
A principle of Liberty or Freedom doesn't change just because technology does. That is why people can believe in cults that are dangerous and we cannot stop people from believing in things that could cause them harm: handling snakes, devil worship, and a few other things come to mind.
The real deal with automatic weaponry is that today such weaponry is so antiquated, many people can build their own weapons at home, from scratch. Your time and effort would be better spent worrying about preventing criminals and people who pose a danger to themselves and others from running amok in a free society