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0 pointsmindcrime13y ago0 comments

It also stretches credulity to argue that the right of citizens to defend themselves from tyranny in a militia means it's acceptable to own and keep a semiautomatic high-calibre firearm with a 50-round magazine for personal use.

No, it really doesn't. Especially when you consider that the SCOTUS has found the 2nd Amendment to refer to an individual right[1]. The "militia" stuff is a red-herring these days.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller

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RyanMcGreal13y ago· 2 in thread

A respectful note from the rest of the world: the current, conventional interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is batshit crazy.

It would be hilarious if it didn't predictably result in over 30,000 gun deaths a year.

refurb13y ago

I'm going to guess that Switzerland doesn't share the opinion that America's gun laws are "batshit crazy".

Every citizen who has served in the military (most of them due to compulsory duty), is required to keep a fully automatic weapon in their house.

You have a country where a young man can do his grocery shopping with a military rifle across his back and no one bats an eye:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Car...

I'll also guess that Israel has similar feelings too.

pyre13y ago

I'm sure that military service:

1) Is a better filter of those that shouldn't own a gun.

2) Trains a certain level of responsibility / respect for the weapon.

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