Quotes/Guns
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Those that claim the Founding Fathers would have opposed modern weapons are either hyper-partisan (biased), or they are profoundly ignorant on the Founding Fathers. You can disagree with their 18th century view of the world all you want, but even a cursory understanding of their views is that they felt the biggest threat to freedom and property was the government: based on their life's experiences of just having to risk everything to revolt against the British Empire.
Gun Control
I've never met an informed Gun Controller that could argue facts... but I've only tried to find one for 50 years.