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Originally Posted by StuartD
The Consitution, like many laws, was written at a very different time than the present. When it was written, the worst "armament" you had to fear was a musket.
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It was not just musket vs musket. Even if we do not advance to the mid 1800's when the Gatling gun was available, to think warfare was limited to muskets is funny. Will not go into rifling and how that really changed shit. Seems people forget there was artillery in use. People also used delivered explosives. Not to mention anything from armor to warships.
There really has not been a time when humans did not have weapons that were to be feared, just like there really has not been a time when a government did not have much superior arms over its populace. So simply stating that well they just had muskets so it was outdated is over simplifying it. Weapons have always advanced at an alarming rate, our forefathers knew this and yet they still wanted the citizens to have the right to arm themselves.