Each time gun-grabbing is the Leftist movement of the moment, the same false narratives resurface. A popular epiphany among Democrats is the forefathers never envisioned modern-day arms when they wrote the Second Amendment. It is touted with a knowing air of superiority each and every time.
Truth. pic.twitter.com/FJo94UA25k
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 12, 2022
Sorry but a Facebook post from 2012 won’t change my mind
— 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕂 (@CallMeK1123) June 12, 2022
As though persons supporting the Second Amendment have no knowledge of its history or intent. Every manner of careful explanation and historical perspective has been shared with the anti-2A crowd, but they persist with condescending ‘gotcha’ points that are laughably inaccurate.
Has anyone ever asked:
If the founding fathers knew the power of guns, rifles, rounds, magazines, etc that are available today, would they have written the 2A exactly the same way?
— DulBleu 🌻🇺🇦 (@dullbleu) June 12, 2022
They really think they are onto something with this.
Other comparisons have been drawn, repeatedly, in an effort to demonstrate how unlikely it is that modernization changes the intent of carefully crafted Constitutional rights.
Now do:
Twitter for free speech
Digital devices for warrantless searches
Podcasts for news— ΞMΞRALD CITY ΞXILE – CEO of HydroFlask – Self I.D. (@toddeherman) June 12, 2022
Not only can we debate the awareness of the potential development of more sophisticated weapons. There are gaping loopholes in the logic regarding the capabilities of certain arms that existed well before 1791.
cool. i want a cannon.
— laura (@fancythis) June 12, 2022
Then I demand an upgrade to a cannon. https://t.co/1xAhulWkz4
— Schadenfreudelish (@aggierican) June 12, 2022
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Yes, cannons were around well before the notion of a Constitutional amendment that guaranteed citizens the right to bear arms.
I can haz cannons?!
— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) June 12, 2022
There is nothing in the 2nd Amendment that expressly forbids specific weapons of choice.
https://twitter.com/VERBAL_CHANCLA/status/1536107483973816320?s=20&t=GtJ17vX7SjKTnVoeCKvx0A
Does the Left really want to give ideas to our arms-bearing friends who would be prepared to organize and defend themselves against tyranny as needed?
My cannon upgrade: pic.twitter.com/SL1RoVewc3
— MIKE THE ROCK SOLID CONSERVATIVE!🇺🇸 (@mudflap54) June 12, 2022
There are weapons that could potentially be more alarming than the modern AR-15.
— President Dr Motorman 1776 (@RacerX00) June 12, 2022
While the plotting, pouncing, and mockery is fun, the angle was addressed in a 2016 US Supreme Court decision.
SCOTUS seems to disagree. pic.twitter.com/VMSqCvDURH
— OxfordComma (@OxfordComma6) June 12, 2022
Everything is up for interpretation in the political arena though, so SCOTUS rulings aside, it wouldn’t hurt to cannon up folks!
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