re: How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment

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Except "common sense" is arbitrary and its use here is just a framing device. Isn't common sense to advocate for laws that are effective in their stated purpose? Do you advocate for laws that lack empirical evidence to support their passage?

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I've noticed the conservatives recently railing against the term "common sense." I don't quite get it.

I support keeping guns out of the hands of people that intend to use them for harm. If that somehows inadvertantly stops a non-criminal from getting a gun, then so be it. I don't think things like requiring background checks really prevents legal gun ownership.

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So why does it matter to the 2A that technology advances when it doesn't matter to the 1A? Would you be more concerned about being shot by a .60 Cal musket ball vs a .223 Reminton bullet over the fact you were shot at all?

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I was more referring to the capabilities to kill large amounts of people in a short amount of time. Even if there were a bunch of law-abiding armed folks around, I bet a person with ill-intent could still kill a few people before he or she was stopped.