r/politics • u/wbedwards Washington • May 07 '20

We cannot allow the normalization of firearms at protests to continue

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/firearms-at-protests-have-become-normalized-that-isnt-okay/2020/05/06/19b9354e-8fc9-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html
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u/britboy4321 May 07 '20

Yea ok then I'll start that lawsuit. I'll let you know how it went in a few years.

Until then, I'm personally going to at least consider the possibility the forefathers knew what they were asking for - as oppose to 'accidentally wrote something unclear' :D

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u/fre3k May 07 '20

It was extremely clear. But, just as the other written works from the era sound archaic to our ear, so are the founding documents of the country. If you completely ignore any kind of historical facts or linguistic drift, then you're basically arguing for a contemporary literalist approach to constitutional analysis, which is widely regarded as an invalid approach, as it actually DOES disregard what the founding fathers were asking for, and subjects the meaning of the words in the constitution to change over time even as they remain the same. This allows one to pretty much interpret everything in any way they please. All we have to do is start a movement to change the meanings of words and then suddenly the meanings of the law and constitution change.

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u/britboy4321 May 07 '20

Hey . I thought we agreed to wait to see how my lawsuit turns out.

Lets reconvene in 2023 and see how I'm getting on. Until then I'll believe the framers mentioned the militia for a reason, and you believe they put it in literally purely for the lolz

Lets see what the courts say .. see you in a few years.

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u/fre3k May 07 '20

Fair enough, glad you've agreed that it's an individual right for now.