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ceejayozyesterday at 9:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

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> In Second Amendment cases, this Court applies the Amendment to semi-automatic handguns even though those did not exist in 1791 or 1868.

"Shall not be infringed" apparently applies to unimaginably better weaponry, but they couldn't have anticipated immigrants being pregnant.


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fakedangyesterday at 10:36 PM

Does the right to bear arms extend to stuff like MANPADS, tanks and fighter aircraft?

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