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Where did colonists go to buy their arsenals? Ye Olde Wal*Mart?From Gunpowder Magazine ...
"In a sad turn of events, U.S. District Court Judge William Young has issued a ruling that upholds Massachusetts’ ban on AR-15s and large-capacity magazines.
His reasoning? He says AR-15s are NOT protected by the 2nd Amendment (!!). He wrote:
“The AR-15 and its analogs, along with large capacity magazines, are simply not weapons within the original meaning of the individual constitutional right to ‘bear arms’.”
This old news, but it highlights the dangers in keeping corrupt judges seated in positions of power.
To be clear, I agree with the judge.
Then you don't know much about private arms in the Revolutionary War era either, I take it.
There were no gun factories, no mass production. Guns were bespoke, handmade devices. And, as a result, expensive. Do you think there was a musket above every mantelpiece? A pistol in every pocket? Who could afford guns?
I'm missing what that has to do with the Second, and the right to bear arms.