• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    The thing about the NRA and especially of GOA is that both seem to have it backwards. The elevation of a weapon of war comes before the 2nd Amendment, rather than the 2nd Amendment determining the role guns should play in society. Scalia’s unprecedented interpretation of the 2nd Amendment in D.C. v. Heller was itself nonsense, to be clear, but it still implied some limits on guns. That is not the case for the NRA or GOA.

    The Onion satirizes repeated tragedies at different scales because these people literally worship the gun as a gun. From my perspective, the 2nd Amendment citations are empty expressions to constitutionality and tropes of death.

    But I know that most Americans favor more gun control. So, obviously, I’m only talking about the members of GOA and the more hardline members of NRA.

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      1 year ago

      he elevation of a weapon of war comes before the 2nd Amendment, rather than the 2nd Amendment determining the role guns should play in society.

      I am not sure I understand your statement. The 2nd amendment is all about weapons of war. The purpose of the 2nd is to ensure the citizens have access to weapons of war to form militias.

  • Throwaway@lemm.eeOPM
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    1 year ago

    I didnt realize just how little gun stuff I was posting until now. Time to correct that. Its not all immigration, jan6, and Hamas. Theres other stuff too, and variety is the spice of life.