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[โ€“] willybe@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

This sounds like the trolly problem. If you go down track A, then there are likely to be some horrible family murders. Or track B you will upset the NRA crowd.

... Wow this Rahini guy does sound like a poster child for this law, but

ultimately the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law is unconstitutional because there was nothing like it in the 1790s

[โ€“] ArtZuron@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Which is funny, since firearms were often very strictly controlled in many places throughout the 18th century and earlier. It's not that they aren't aware of gun control from the 1790s, it's that they don't actually care.

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