• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    8 days ago

    The original intent was to allow people to own muskets because US didn’t have a standing army. What’s there to argue? You’re just playing fantasy politics trying to guess how this law would apply to situations it wasn’t meant for.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      The original intent was to allow people to own muskets because US didn’t have a standing army.

      Because the founders explicitly didn’t want the US to have a standing army, explicitly to prevent the Federal government from being able to subjugate the People. That’s an important distinction.