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HK

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On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:05:11 -0400, hk wrote:

I wonder if the writers of the second amendment were talking about any
of the sorts of firearms around these days?

Since they didn't see fit to differentiate between any of the
available technologies at the time I can't imagine they meant to
preclude any new technology.
At the time "arms" meant anything from a dagger to a cannon full of
grapeshot. The second amendment was not about duck hunting ...
although some of those old deck guns they used on ducks were like a
cannon full of grapeshot.

That's really not the point. I was commenting on a previous poster's
take on the 1st Amendment being "twisted" to protect what someone
considered pornography. I suppose the poster's assumption was that there
were no salacious drawings or artwork in colonial days.