Yesterday I came across a 'meme' about the second amendment in the US and it sticked with me..
The second amendment (gun BS law) was created with the Musket in mind that could fire ~max 2 rounds per minute.
These days many (US Fanboys 
) don't have Muskets anymore but AR15's for example. This stupid weapon fires 400 rounds per minute ⚠️ What the actually fucking fuck is what I ask..
For hunting deer? "Protecting" yourself? From what? Aliens?
This shit is one of the things keeping me from moving there. Why would I want ppl around me who think guns are okay and cool..
I call it a sickness.
Fuck guns!
@icedquinn as usual, no.
During the course of the Revolution, approximately 1,700 letters of Marque were issued to privateers. In the War of 1812, President James Madison issued more than 500 letters of Marque to privateers. These letters of marque created what was, essentially, legal piracy, and it was sanctioned by the government and even deemed necessary. So how did these privateers arm their vessels? With cannons that they purchased as individuals. Our colonial navy had approximately 1,200 cannons on board less than 65 ships. The privateers, on the other hand, had almost 15,000 cannons – all privately owned. Throughout much of this country’s history, privately-raised militia units have fought side by side with regular artillery units, with the only difference being that these militia units were using cannons that had been privately purchased. Many artillery units in the Civil War were funded privately.
https://www.ammoland.com/2021/06/actually-mr-president-you-can-own-a-cannon/
fuck off.
Interesting -- I did not know that!
That said, I think there is some validity to @stux's point: the sort of easily portable, high-powered weapon that is used in the *daily* mass shootings in the US was not widely available at the time.
While I have great respect for the Constitution as a living document, we should also not get too hung up on "what the founding fathers intended", given that most of them were slaveholders.
even after 2000s the total number of events (defined as 3 or more victims) is actually very small.
mass shootings are just what get people in a frenzy so they can sow panic and ram bills through. the actual most dangerous weapons are pistols and the single largest percentage of deaths are suicide.
Yes, there are:
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
The total number of gun deaths per year is about on a par with the number of traffic fatalities.
I agree that most gun deaths are suicides.
