12-10-2017, 06:54 AM
"The reason it was inserted into the Constitution however, was for the benefit of slave owners."
The reason it was inserted into the constitution was because citizen soldiers (minutemen) helped win our independence from the British and the new government didn't have a military to speak of. Jefferson's idea was that every able bodied male would receive military training and be available to be called up on a moments notice.
And they were assault weapons. You don't put a bayonet for disemboweling humans at the end of your rifle to go bird hunting.
The reason it was inserted into the constitution was because citizen soldiers (minutemen) helped win our independence from the British and the new government didn't have a military to speak of. Jefferson's idea was that every able bodied male would receive military training and be available to be called up on a moments notice.
And they were assault weapons. You don't put a bayonet for disemboweling humans at the end of your rifle to go bird hunting.