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Second Amendment written with flintlock in mind
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Bruce W. Krafft
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"Once again, it takes a mass murder — the death of 20 schoolchildren and six adults — to bring back the gun control issue. It seems to me in the defense of the Second Amendment by the NRA and others, a history lesson must be given."
"When the Second Amendment was written by James Madison and adopted in 1791, the most advanced weapon of the time was a flintlock rifle. The best marksman of the times could reload it maybe three or four times in a minute. ..." ... -------
Submitter's Note: Actually I would argue that the Girandoni air rifle was the most advanced weapon of the time. It had the ballistics of the modern .45 ACP, could fire 20 times before reloading and 30 times before changing the reservoir or recharging. |
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