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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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. As with all things constitutional, Americans are adapting 18th-century laws to fit 21st-century lives. But in reality, the concerns of the Founding Fathers had little to do with either side’s position in the modern gun-control debate. None of the issues animating that debate — from “stand your ground” laws to assault weapons bans — entered into the Founders’ thinking.
A much more gritty time in our countries history, people were hung for what today are minor property crimes, to day in some states you are required to try to escape from a person breaking into your home or attacking you, these ideas would be considered ridiculous and absurd, that you would have families with a heritage of criminal behavior and professional welfare assistance unbelievable