America’s Rich History of Gun Control
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The Second Amendment and Guns
The Second Amendment authors were generally against gun control partly comes from the idea that guns have been a fundamental part of American society. There may have been fewer laws regarding military grade weapons but that was because hardly anyone owned guns meant to shoot people. Most guns were for hunting and handguns were still a luxury item for the rich. The gun has kind of been fetishized and politicized in a way that we really didn't see in our past.
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