"Machine guns" and the 2nd Amendment

[JTHunter]

Most of you have heard the oft-repeated lefty comment that the Founding Fathers, in writing the 2nd Amendment, did NOT intend for civilians have automatic weapons. Or, they claim (again falsely) that the FFs could not have anticipated the technological advancements in firearms.

Well, now you can tell those antis to "stuff it" as there was a "machine gun" developed and patented in 1718 by a British lawyer and inventor. Named after him, it was called the "Puckle" gun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gun
The Puckle gun (also known as the Defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually-operated flintlock revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724) a British inventor, lawyer and writer. It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a "machine gun", being called such in a 1722 shipping manifest, though its operation does not match the modern use of the term. However, the Puckle gun was never used during any combat operation or war. Production was highly limited and may have been as few as two guns.

http://www.wideopenspaces.com/the-pu...300-years-ago/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryU...r-Defense-Gun/

[imanaknut]

The argument I strike back at them with is their "smart phone". If it isn't written with a quill or I will give them a Morse Code Key, put the phone down, the founders could have never envisioned the technology we have today when they wrote that congress shall not inhibit speech.

[Krupski]

Or, they claim (again falsely) that the FFs could not have anticipated the technological advancements in firearms.

The founding fathers also didn't anticipate the Internet, yet it's covered by the First Amendment.

Tell anyone who thinks you should only have a musket that, in turn, they should only use hand set movable type and a manual printing press for their access to "social media".

Samey-same.