re who s next mormons and jews in article apr news cs brandeis edu st pip cc brandeis edu writes y know when the right to bear arms was invented it wasn t invented but was supposed by the writers of the constitution to be a universal pre existing right howsomever all we had to worry about was the shotgun and pistol hmmm you need to spend some time in a library son when the bill of rights was written in addition to the muzzleloading shotgun and pistol you mention we had rifles in calibers ranging from around to caliber and up cannon with various different projectiles to choose from and owned by civilians breech loading rifles in addition semiautomatic and full automatic firearms had been patented and or demonstrated by several people in various places during the preceding century or so now we have to worry about drive bys with uzis sparaying the entire neighborhood with bullets sounds good any refererences to this actually happening or is it just exaggeration for effect following one or more incidents of someone firing a handful of shots from something that may or may not be an uzi semi or full auto just because someting was good once does not mean it will be forever until the root conditions that justified it go away criminal behavior either private or government which should be defended against there s no reason it should go away some things are too important not to give away to everybody else and have none left for yourself dieter the car salesman
