1911 Raptor wrote:I am tired of the left bringing up muskets in comparison to today’s firearms, it is intellectual dishonesty! The musket at the time the second amendment was written was the ultimate firearm at that time. Yes firearms have evolved but our founding fathers saw no reason to limit the latest and greatest firearm at that time to its citizens. They placed no restrictions on firearms that they people could own. If Maxine guns and semi autos had existed at that time I believe the second amendment would have still been written exactly the same! Citizens could and did own the latest and greatest in firearms for that period of time and it wasn’t an issue!
Here's a gun from 1718 that gives the lie to the statement that our founding father's couldn't imagine fast firing guns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPC7KiYDshw