Today, 09:50 AM
At the time, British soldiers (the “legitimate” authorities) were armed with the Brown Bess, a notoriously inaccurate smooth bored musket. American militiamen, on the other hand, were usually armed with what were known as Kentucky rifles, which featured tight fitting musket balls fired through long, rifled barrels, providing exceptional accuracy at much greater ranges. Kentucky rifles quickly became known as the finest, most technologically advanced hunting and military arms in the world. American civilians outgunned the British military.
American civilians were armed with bleeding edge military technology of the time, and it was precisely these kinds of arms that the 2nd Amendment was written to keep in private hands. The intent was to ensure that armed authorities, which today would include law enforcement at all levels as well as the military, would always be outgunned by the private population, to whatever degree such a provision could make it so.
Pritzker is an idiot.
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