Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
Constitutional amendment
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms
and was adopted on December 15, 1791, as part of the first ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights. Wikipedia
when this was written ...
the available firearms
LONG GUNS .. aka rifles or muskets ... single load
and
REVOLVERS
the founding fathers never could have envisioned the weaponry available today ...
semi- and automatic rifles
machine guns
assault rifles
bump stocks
large magazines ( to hold many bullets )
and much, much more ...
had they known ... perhaps they would not have included that amendment
or been ultra specific as to the two weapons allowed
overly simplistic ?
perhaps
but far too many weapons belong ONLY in the hands of the military
and sometimes not even them ...
