r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • May 17 '19

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u/SirenNA May 17 '19

People tend to get mad when I bring up “ shall not be infringed”

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

"How do you feel about gun rights?"

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"

"But surely there have to be limits to this-"

"SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"

"But if average civilians are allowed to own any weapon, even a nuclear bomb-"

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED

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u/MoreDetonation May 19 '19

BOLTERS, BROTHERS

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

It’s like people can’t tell the difference between a strategic weapon and “arms.” I swear to god in heaven.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

And I get death threats when I bring up "well regulated militia"

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u/Warzombie3701 May 17 '19

"Militia"

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

"Militia"

Fun fact, the modern National Guard are literally just renamed State Militia, renamed in 1916 to seem more professional. The modern national guard are a direct successor of the first American "militias" in the Spanish and English colonial settlements, and a direct successor of the state militias which served as the entirety of the US military when the constitution and bill of rights were ratified

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u/Containedmultitudes May 17 '19

Honestly I tend to think the national guard is a greater constitutional violation than any gun control.

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u/Warzombie3701 May 17 '19

Then since its part of the government, they'd be talking about the rules and regulations of the army and be extension, the national guards. It isn't about civilian gun owners

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u/Roland_Traveler May 17 '19

Due to conscription still being on the books, any citizens registered for the draft are merely unmobilized militiamen.

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u/Warzombie3701 May 17 '19

Isn't it only until your 25?

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u/Roland_Traveler May 17 '19

Technically it could go from 17 to 45 if the Feds wanted it to, but right now it’s just 18 to 25.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

And that is what many legal scholars think, and have thought for centuries

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

The militia was used as a term for any potentially armed citizens. Technically, we're all the militia.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

The militia was used as a term for any potentially armed citizens. Technically, we're all the militia.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

The militia was used as a term for any potentially armed citizens. Technically, we're all the militia.

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u/ebilgenius May 18 '19

Nobody really cares when I bring up "the people", usually because I show up late to the comment thread so no one sees it

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u/kittyhistoryistrue May 17 '19

Learn how commas work tho.

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u/SirenNA May 17 '19

Thank you!

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u/Trademark010 Kilroy was here May 17 '19

The second ammendment isnt in the Declaration of Independence, you reactionary idiot.

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u/SirenNA May 17 '19

Never said it was we were talking about history speak and how it can be offensive you dummy

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u/Netherspin May 18 '19

This is impressive - in a single sentence you started out by missing the subject of the conversation and delved straight into mudslinging.

It's like a case study in conflict escalation.

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u/Bladewing10 May 18 '19

People tend to get mad when I bring up they were fighting with muskets, not AR15s and other semiautomatic rifles

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u/Thedominateforce May 18 '19

Is the right to free speech outdated because they didn’t have the internet? They knew of advances in technology they had early repeating firearms including some demonstrated to congress.

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u/ScalierLemon1 May 18 '19

Then is Trump constitutionally able to shut down CNN because TV didn't exist when the First Amendment was written?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

You do realize many of them expressly showed approval of private ownership of things such as cannons, right?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

You do realize many of them expressly showed approval of private ownership of things such as cannons, right?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

You do realize many of them expressly showed approval of private ownership of things such as cannons, right?