Comment on We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?

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jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

“decent” seems to be doing some heavy lifting here. A linguistic analysis of writings of the Framers cross-referenced against era culture and stats highlights the depth of your misunderstanding.

right there in the text

Ah - I see we’re not only cherry-picking, but we’re depending on a preamble e.g. a preparatory or introductory statement as somehow limiting of scope or indicative of audience to which a right was granted.

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