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To assume that the highly educated founders...who lived in the time of the scientific revolution and industrial revolution, never thought that technology would advance is pure ignorance. There are federalist papers as well as other writings that clearly show that they knew things would change.
You are very correct my friend.
I would highly recommend a book by Stephen P Halbrook, "The Founders' Second Amendment, Origins of the right to bear arms," available at most book stores, even at Barnes and Noble.
Read Chapter 16 first and then go back and read the history that leads up to the Second Amendment.
Here are some excerpts:
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The Second Amendment begins with a clause declaring a political principle about the militia, followed by a clause declaring a substantive right. The substantive guarantee is "the right of the people" which can only mean individual rights, not state powers. The term "people" is in juxtaposition to government, federal or state. Only individuals have "rights," while the United States and the states have "powers."
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After the Second Amendment reference to the right of the people to keep and bear arms, the Fourth Amendment "guarantees" the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and affects, against unreasoable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.... This description of "the people" are the same "persons" whose whose 'papers and effects' include printed matter and arms that they keep in their "houses" and bear or carry outside the home. In light of the Crown's abuses, the Fourth Amendment was intended to paly a key role in protection of First and Second Amendment rights."
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The original Constitution contained but a single use of the term "right," and it referred not to a prexisting right, but to a stautory right of private persons.
In my view, the Liberal Progressives know what the Constituion says and means, they choose to ignore it in order to push their agendas'.