From: arthursackman@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 1:56:54 AM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:   
   > On 28/10/2023 9:47 am, Fascist Flea wrote:    
   > > "What about that crazed gunman in Maine, Mr. Speaker?"    
   > >    
   > > A simple enough question, with several straightforward, human-sounding    
   > > answers on tap. "We are trusting our law enforcement agents to resolve    
   > > this situation." Or "As a mental patient, Card should not have had access    
   > > to a mass-murder weapon." Or "The human cost of the inane SCOTUS    
   > > decision to ignore the intent of the Second Amendment will haunt us   
   forever."    
   > >    
   > > But nooooooooo. Johnson's reply was "Let's all pray a lot." Don't act,   
   don't    
   > > think, don't engage your humanity; just "pray".    
   > >    
   > > What a buffoon.    
   > >   
   > **Yep. Rabid, 2nd Amendment defenders are fucking arseholes and morons.    
   > They only care about their toys and act like children when someone    
   > suggests that unrestricted ownership of deadly weapons can be a bad thing.    
   >    
   > It is WAY past time that the US Constitution was re-examined and altered    
   > to reflect the realities of the 21st century.    
   >    
   > For example:    
   >    
   > When the 2nd was written:    
   >    
   > * Re-load times of firearms was measured in tens of seconds (at best),    
   > not milliseconds, like they are today.    
   > * Accuracy for most firearms was poor.    
   > * Hitting power was far lower, than for modern firearms.    
   > * There were slaves and pissed off natives to fight off on a daily basis.    
   > * There was no refrigeration to keep meat for very long.    
   > * There were no supermarkets, so meat had to be obtained the hard way.    
   > * Guns were way more expensive and difficult to obtain than today.    
   > * The US was still dealing with a vicious colonial power (England).    
   >    
   > I suspect that, if the framers of the Constitution were to examine the    
   > situation today, they may well have written things a little differently.    
   >    
      
   absolutely!!!   
      
   We would have the right to own a refrigerator to store our meat and also    
   the right to own a gas range to properly cook it   
      
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