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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants
The general historical view (emerging in the last 40 years of the so) is pretty much the exact opposite of that. There was an intense fear and worry about democracy as it was pretty much untested since Roman times (adn this is why they took large parts of Roman laws and stuffed them in) and so that is why they made a constitution that is hard to change and filled it full of checks on the power of the people- so that you didn't have "mob rule" as it were. They were pretty much shooting at a state of the people but one guided by father figures who make sure the people don't get out of hand.
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my point is why should we care what they wanted. Like a bunch of 18th century WASPs know whats best for a 21st century multi-cultural super power
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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants
Also 1700s mandatory to own guns? I can't find any sources that mention this?
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probably mandatory out of necessity. This was back when most americans were farmers and our nation expanded mostly by way of war. Probably more mandatory in the same sense shoes were mandatory