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[-] po-lina-ergi@kbin.social 74 points 8 months ago

For anybody who doesn't understand the argument, it's specifically a rebuttal to the idea that "The second amendment only applies to muzzle loaded muskets because nothing more advanced existed at the time"

"Free speech only applies to newspapers and soapboxes because nothing more advanced existed at the time"

[-] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 8 months ago

It's not a bad counterargument to that claim, we've just moved so far past that into the cost-benefit-analysis stage. The cost to keep the 2nd ammendment as it is is pretty fucking high.

[-] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Yeah, what needs to happen is changing those laws. The constitution has been changed many times before, and there's no reason it can't be changed again.

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Yup. Also, they aren’t saying “if we lose guns everyone should lose the right to free speech as well”

They are saying that, since the right to free speech is clearly and self evidently important in modern mediums, the second amendment clearly extends to modern technology as well.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

well you could argue that digital is an extension of signaling using a form of light and sound - which has existed since prehistory.

However, pedal bicycles and cars are on a similar spectrum (+ horses, tractors, mopeds, powered scooters...) and are subject to different laws.

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

And guns are just a way to transfer stored energy into a projectile that moves much faster than a human can do without the help of tools - which has existed since prehistory

[-] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Fully automatic assault atlatl when?

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