Edit context: Hasan is calling out right-wingers for getting upset about leftists carrying guns.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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for the first...150-200 years of this country, sctous had very clearly made out that amendment to only pertain to militias specifically.
The Constitution is just empty words meant to justify whatever the fuck the powers that be want.
But also, "militia" was and is defined to mean roughly "every able-bodied adult male." It was very clearly about preserving the ability for the citizenry to assemble to defend themselves militarily. (That's specifically in contrast to having a standing professional army, which is supposed to be unconstitutional BTW.)
it only covered militias though, which were all eventually became the national guards...because having miscellaneous bands of disorganized militias is obviously dumb as fuck
which all comes back to...the constitution is a bunch of empty words that mean nothing
Lol no they did not. People carried firearms openly since the beginning of our nation. They didn't magically just start doing this. There is a reason they called the colt the pistol that won the west, and there is a reason we literally gained our independence using mostly privately owned firearms. There wasn't really big laws until around 1934 for the NFA. Which is during prohibition.
Owning firearms has been an non issue for well over a century prior to the NFA.
https://time.com/5169210/us-gun-control-laws-history-timeline/