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[Yuri Zhivago]

would we have a second amendment if there were automatic assault weapons, tanks , etc in the 19th century?

 

[worldlymrb]

would we have a second amendment if there were automatic assault weapons, tanks , etc in the 19th century?

Don't know. But if we want to amend/repeal the right to bear arms, (aka 2nd amendment to Bill of Rights), shouldn't we at least follow the constitutional process?

 

[trapdoor]

would we have a second amendment if there were automatic assault weapons, tanks , etc in the 19th century?

Yes, because there were automatic weapons in the 19th century. The Maxim gun, the Colt 1895, and the Mauser C-96 are all either fully or semi-automatic weapons that date to the 1880s or 1890s (the "96" in C-96 refers to its year of introduction, 1896. Some versions of it were called "schnellfeurpistoles" and were capable of fully-automatic fire).

 

[Craig]

Don't know. But if we want to amend/repeal the right to bear arms, (aka 2nd amendment to Bill of Rights), shouldn't we at least follow the constitutional process?

Did the Founders follow Constitutional process when they altered Article One Section 8 with the Militia Act?

That act changed the responsibility of providing weapons from the Federal Government to the individual. This alteration of the Constitution was done without an amendment. Was that the correct process?

 

[Yuri Zhivago]

Yes, because there were automatic weapons in the 19th century. The Maxim gun, the Colt 1895, and the Mauser C-96 are all either fully or semi-automatic weapons that date to the 1880s or 1890s (the "96" in C-96 refers to its year of introduction, 1896. Some versions of it were called "schnellfeurpistoles" and were capable of fully-automatic fire).

thanks for your dishonesty once again and cult protection.
When was 2 amendment? and when those guns you just listed?