04-20-2017, 09:40 AM
(04-19-2017, 09:30 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: And back then, there were two things we largely don't have today. First, shooters knew how to rapidly load the black powder muzzle loaders of the day. Second, in both offensive and defensive situations, multiple shooters were just the price paid for the technology of the time.
Today, the energy of the shot loads the next round or in some cases a bolt action, pump action, lever action, or the previous trigger pull/hammer cocking. Today, fewer shooters are needed to accomplish the same effect.
None of this materially changes the 2A. If anything, based on the main purpose of the 2A, today's technology strengthens the 2A by making it more forceful in potential application. Each Citizen has a greater 2A role now than they did 240 years ago. Technology is a wonderful force multiplier. I like it.
This is nonsense. The 2nd was there to allow common defense using weapons that were hard to load and poor in effect. Yes, a militia was needed ... then. Now, we have firepower that can kill easily in the hands of people with little if any training. Sorry, but those are very much material issues.
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