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[–]Franklinville 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What if I'm black, but an established tax paying U.S. citizen. Does this idea that the founders wanted me to own an AR-15 still apply??

[–]Nemacolin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It is arguable. After all, Dred Scott maintained no Black person could not be a citizen... for reasons. So we might presume that some number of the Founding Fathers were thinking along those lines.

[–]Franklinville 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm willing to state that that's a fair assumption.

[–]Nemacolin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seriously, was there any legal basis at all for RBT's contention? Seems to me he was ignoring acres of established law.