[ExI] Meta question

[Dave Sill]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:29 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Nukes? It's often difficult to figure out
> ​exactly ​
> what the framers
> ​ meant when they wrote ​various things in
>  the constitution
> ​, but one thing we can be sure of is that when they said "Arms" as in:
>
> *"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free
> State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
> infringed."*
>
> ​they didn't mean AK47's, they couldn't have imagined ​such things ,
> they meant muzzle loading muskets and single shot flintlock pistols. And as
> for nukes... well come on!
>

Exactly. Just like freedom of the press can't possibly apply to anything
other than the screw presses they had in the 18th century. Radio, TV,
Internet... well come on!

-Dave
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