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Originally Posted by Kurtz
Back then no one even thought of gun control in terms of private defensive or sporting use. It was about having a state by state force that could fight the federal government if it ever became tyrannical.
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This is false, during the time that the Bill of Rights was being drafted and up until it was ratified December 15, 1791. There were in fact shooting competitions held in towns with prizes such as saddles, horses, and livestock.
There was also no law stating if someone was breaking into your livestock and stealing them, or your farm and stealing equipment, saying you could not blast their head off.
There were very many ways they defended themselves and their property with guns and there were just as many ways that they kept entertainment/sport with guns.
So when you take away guns from the people your taking away one of the many many things that this great country was built on. Your removing one of the
very very few traditions that can still be practiced today with relatively unmolested tactics and enviroments.