8 Jun 2022 9:56 pm
So you ignore the fact that Jefferson did indeed own what would be comparable to an AR15.Misty » 08 Jun 2022, 9:52 pm » wrote: ↑ Jefferson never owned an AR-15.
Maybe you need to reread the SCOTUS Heller decision.
Especially this part:
Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, con-
cealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of fire-
arms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms. Miller’s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those
“in common use at the time” finds support in the historical tradition
of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.
And you really should read your own quote. Look at the part I just I just highlighted.
There are over 25 million AR15s in Americans hands today. Used day in, and day out in a safe, legal ways.
That makes them "in common use".