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Why El-Sayed’s Claim About Second Amendment and Muskets Betrays Profound Ignorance

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Abdul El-Sayed claimed the Second Amendment only covered muskets at the founding so people should have equal rights to those. Founding-era arms also included rifled Pennsylvania and Kentucky long rifles used by militia members plus lawful private artillery. Freezing that right to 18th-century tech while sparing others would limit press freedom to Franklin-era hand presses and exclude religions that began in 1830 as well as online speech.

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