GrandWazoo
Andrea Junker 
In 1791, the Second Amendment was written.
In 1847, the bullet was invented.
Thus, the Second Amendment only applies to muskets.
David Fox 🌻🥸@Strandjunker And single fire muskets only, no machine gun muskets or modified automatic muskets.
Wren Birdie@DavidBFox @Strandjunker
Probably cannons, too. And catapults? You know like from LoTR where they launch big rocks at each other?
I mean we could lug around cannonballs and cannons, right?
Second Amendment! 'Murica!
JJ Peterson@Strandjunker let them have guns, take away bullets.
@JJPeterson
I've been saying for years, written to my House Rep, talked face to face with my State House Rep about the concept of taxing ammo exorbitantly.
Tax a box of ammo an insane amount of money but if you can show via an endorsement on your state issued ID that you have taken a gun safety class, the tax is lifted at purchase.
It wouldn't be hard to implement at all.
@Strandjunker
LeftinCLE@Strandjunker Seems consistent with “originalist” concepts
A L Katz@Strandjunker Also - the word "own" appears nowhere in the 2A. Neither "keep" nor "bear" equals "own" in a contract - and the Constitution is the basis for our contract law.
There is not now nor has there ever been the right for any individual to own a firearm. Per the 2A, they all belong to the well regulated militia (now called the National Guard) who gets to decide who "keeps" and "bears" them until the militia says "give em back and go home".
Geeden_Of_Arden@Alan @Strandjunker The term "well-regulated militia" seems pertinent, too. I thought the model for that would be the National guard, which keeps all the guns in an armory. 1 out, 1 in. Farmers can keep a varmint gun, and hunters and marksmen can take them out when required. Impractical in this climate though, now that the horse is already out of the barn.
Paul-Gabriel Wiener@Strandjunker You don't even need that.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State..."
The state militias organized for the purpose of national security (in a time when the standing military was due to be disbanded) was renamed the National Guard in 1903.
Thus, the 2nd Amendment applies only to the National Guard.
Furthermore, we now provide them with guns. So the whole thing is obsolete.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/justice-burger-2nd-amendment-meme/
Tom Bellin 
@Strandjunker Your clever dismantling of the "originalist" arguments around the 2nd amendment does not take into account the fact that the originalists know they're full of sh*t and don't care.
It's pure, unadulterated nihilism in pursuit of power.
Piglet@Strandjunker I think the only written papers that have more followers are the Bible, Tora and Curan😏 The Second Amendment is like a religion on its own.
Eric Lawton
Lot⁴⁹@Strandjunker Black powder shooters say, "At last our moment has arrived!"
https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/how-to-hunt-squirrels-with-muzzleloader/
https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/how-to-hunt-squirrels-with-muzzleloader/
Red Shirt Dude@Strandjunker I agree with you and would like to take this further. There are no second amendment protections for bullets. Ban bullets.
Fulleren@Strandjunker I think it also only applies for militia.
BuffaloResearch@Strandjunker
And we could slap a $20 tax on each bullet.
And we could slap a $20 tax on each bullet.
Aydin Kurt-Elli@Strandjunker textual origanalism in action. I like it.
Gordonbp@Strandjunker slight misunderstanding here - bullets were invented back in the 15th century - what you’re talking about is cartridge cases.
Alans5502@Strandjunker A couple more data points - In 1826, Henri-Gustave Delvigne invented the rifle.
The full metal jacket bullet invented in 1882.
2nd amendment devised to eliminate need and cost for standing army. Suspect we have one of those now.Everything else is interpretation.
The full metal jacket bullet invented in 1882.
2nd amendment devised to eliminate need and cost for standing army. Suspect we have one of those now.Everything else is interpretation.
joe•iuculano 
@Strandjunker let's make sure to make the Originalists aware of that
Toot Ωncommon - SHUT 🇺🇸 DOWN@Strandjunker What about the original second amendment written and ratified in 1778?
Adrienne LaCava@Strandjunker Toot of the day, friends. 🎯🎯🎯👊🏼
Gabriel Pettier@Strandjunker I'm not American but i still can't fathom how all of this mess can be called "a well regulated militia". "Conceal carry without a permit for everyone" seems to stretch the meaning quite a bit.
It's really as if words didn't matter at all.
SLCW💥@Strandjunker If the Founding Fathers had an AR-15, I strongly suspect they would have used different language when writing the 2nd Amendment. But it was uncertainty about the future that led them to expect that the Constitution would be a living document that would keep up with the times. In that regard, we have utterly failed the great men who constructed our foundational instrument.