The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Do you think our forefathers had current guns in mind when writing the 2nd Amendment?

johnwilliamson062 · December 31, 2012, 05:14 PM

A number of people who wrote the Constitution and Bill of rights personally owned weapons capable of killing 30 people in one shot. Given that undeniable fact, I think they probably considered the possibility of someone having that sort of firepower.

December 31, 2012, 05:14 PM	#86
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	A number of people who wrote the Constitution and Bill of rights personally owned weapons capable of killing 30 people in one shot. Given that undeniable fact, I think they probably considered the possibility of someone having that sort of firepower.