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    1. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      Chris Murphy Retweeted Ted Cruz

      You're right, Ted, it's hard to do this issue justice on twitter, but I commend you for trying. Here's my side of the argument, on why the 2nd Amendment is about collective, not personal defense, and allows the government to reasonably condition firearms ownership. 1/xhttps://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1168310869425577989 …

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      Ted CruzVerified account @tedcruz
      An excellent Q, worth considering carefully w/o the snark of Twitter. It is of course not the right to a modern-day firearm that is God-give but rather the right to Life & the right to Liberty. Essential to that right to life is the right to DEFEND your life & your family. 1/x https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1168293913825693697 …
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    2. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      2/x First, you selectively quoted the Amendment. It actually reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." It references militias - not personal defense - for a reason.

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    3. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      3/x The founders were strongly opposed to America having a standing army. Madison called it an "instrument of tyranny". But a young America needed to defend itself. This is where militias come in, and the need to make sure citizens were armed in order to serve.

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      Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

      4/x Nowhere in Madison's copious notes from the Constitutional Convention does he mention the 2nd Amendment being about the private right of gun ownership. And the term "bear arms", which today is connected with private gun ownership, back then was connected to militias.

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        2. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

          5/x So I don't think the 2nd Amendment is about protecting the right to defend your personal rights with a gun, but I DO believe that the founders did likely believe in a sort of common law right of gun ownership. That's also pretty clear from the history of the time.

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        3. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

          6/x But they also believed that government should be able to regulate that right. And it wasn't just about denying African-Americans the right to own guns. There were revolutionary era laws to register guns, control gun powder storage, prohibit concealed weapons, etc.

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        4. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

          7/x The founding fathers probably believed in a right for citizens to own guns (though not necessarily for the reasons you articulate). But they also definitely believed in the right of government to restrict the ability to own and operate weapons.

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        5. Chris Murphy‏Verified account @ChrisMurphyCT 2 Sep 2019

          8/x And that's where we are today. No Democrat is arguing to outlaw private gun ownership. But we do believe, as the founders did, that there should be reasonable limits on gun ownership. Like, some people are too dangerous to own guns, and a few guns are to dangerous to own.

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        1. Culture Warrior‏ @realHavanaTed 2 Sep 2019
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        2. Knox Liberal‏ @LiberalKnox 2 Sep 2019
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          Well, people meant white men at the time... Also, it was unthinkable at the time to conceal a weapon or to have a modern muzzle velocity. And “well-regulated” = trained. Bottom line: if modern weapons and society existed at the time, there’s no way they write 2A the same way.

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        1. Polly Moore‏ @ProfPolly 2 Sep 2019
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          Look at the use of commas in other amendments and it is clear the 2nd is about militia

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        1. Bruce Cameron‏ @BruceTheCameron 2 Sep 2019
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          My g'g'g'g'grandfather served in the Pennsylvania Militia (Somerset County) in the Revolutionary War. Battle of Brandywine, under Gen. Washington. It doesn't seen that he served when Pres. Washington called up the militia for national service during the Whiskey Rebellion.

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        2. Huber will save us!‏ @MediaBadFaith 2 Sep 2019
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          Please look up the term as it had a meaning in the 18th century. Words' meaning change over time. Regulated doesn't now mean what it did back then.

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