https://twitter.com/flamefingered1/status/875034321400328193
Actor Matthew Modine tweeted the Free Beacon’s Stephen Gutowski this brief lecture about guns and the 2nd Amendment in the wake of the attack in Alexandria, Virginia:
https://twitter.com/MatthewModine/status/875011867030069248
We’ve heard the “muskets” argument before from Piers Morgan.
Thank you for randomly tweeting your opinion at me on this subject. https://t.co/UTuRmXtT1j
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 14, 2017
Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have too. My DMs are open and off the record. I can help you get the facts right.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 14, 2017
Modine was informed by others that his “logic” on this issue is anything but sound:
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/875012899907022848
Upon even casual examination, the wheels fall off Modine’s line of reasoning quickly:
The Framers didn't imagine computers or the internet or phones when crafting 1st and 4th Amendments either. Not covered?
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) June 14, 2017
Now apply this "logic" to the 1st and 4th Amendments.
If you're mentally capable, that is…
— Brian O'Fall (@applecharlie5) June 14, 2017
please destroy your personal computer, this is not a "printing press" the drafters of the first amendment could have imagined.
— Jacob Behnke (@jakebehnke) June 14, 2017
The backfire is strong with Modine’s tweet:
The founders also didn't imagine the government would pay for education or housing but you don't seem to have a problem with that. https://t.co/4aYrIwgKQH
— Weasel Zippers (@weaselzippers) June 14, 2017
They also couldn't have imagined Twitter when they wrote the First Amendment. So shut the fuck up. https://t.co/hwveMn8g21
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) June 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/Jack0Spades/status/875023484988014592
Incorrect. Read how congress tried to purchase the Belton gun in 1777: https://t.co/Jk9smnrLE6 https://t.co/CSl4mpC7nJ
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 14, 2017
This doesn’t stand up. Jefferson owned 22-round repeating rifle, and all were aware of Puckle Gun. Moreover, because they owned the same (1)
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 14, 2017
guns as did the authorities, the 2nd Amendment practically guaranteed full parity between citizen and state. (2)
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/875020193621196800
Now that was a schooling.
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