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JMHoo

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No more so than interpreting 21st Century legislation, where judges look at


1) the text of the legislation, and 2) the legislative intent of the drafting body. We have the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the notes of the Founders.

To your second point, the Founders knew that there would be technological developments in firearms (they had seen such in their lifetimes). They no more intended for the 2nd Amendment to be limited to firearms of the time than they did for the 1st Amendment to apply only to, say, pamphlets or broadsheets, the preferred mass communication of the time.

[Post edited by JMHoo at 06/24/2021 07:16AM]

(In response to this post by Hooooooooooooooo)

Posted: 06/24/2021 at 07:09AM



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