The Politically Incorrect Truth About America’s Rifle
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What the gun-control crowd doesn’t want you to know about AR-type rifles.
Myth 1: The AR-15 Is Too Powerful for Civilian Use
Myth 2: The AR-15 is a Weapon of War
Myth 3: You Can Easily Convert an AR-15 to a Machine Gun
Myth 4: An AR-15 Is Too Powerful for Home Defense
AR-15 Part 2: Reasons for Home Defense
Less Penetration.
Adjustability.
Modularity.
The Second Amendment’s text is so clear that lower-court justices who wanted to disagree had to make up silly stuff, like that “the people” really means the “National Guard” and the like.
Next, there’s history, but like Bruen said, “Not all history is created equal.” Like, let’s not pretend that Edward III’s Statute of Northampton of 1328, which restricted “going armed” in certain contexts, overrides the Second Amendment right to bear arms. (Yes, that argument was actually used by New York in Bruen.)
For Bruen, the most-relevant history is the period closest to 1791, when the Second Amendment was adopted. To understand the broader context, America’s Rifle traces history much further backward and forward.
This duty to have and bear arms caused English subjects to believe that this was their right. Among the “true, ancient and indubitable rights,” declared the English Declaration of Rights of 1689, was “That the Subjects which are Protestants, may have Arms for their Defence … .” And “arms” included muskets with bayonets.
America’s Founders crossed out “Protestants” and inserted “the people.” From the beginning, the colonists had the right to be armed with arms for defense against foreign invaders, hostile natives and dangerous criminals.
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