[CWOJackson]

"...that argument is a dangerous one."

Not at all, realizing that we don't live in the era of the founders is far from dangerous. Pretending that the world hasn't changed is dangerous...and very foolish.

[Cultural Jihad]

Not at all, realizing that we don't live in the era of the founders is far from dangerous.

If there were Libertarians in the days of the Founders, they would have been known as scoundrels, scalawags, smugglers, swindlers, and swillbowls.

[jmc813]

Not at all, realizing that we don't live in the era of the founders is far from dangerous. Pretending that the world hasn't changed is dangerous...and very foolish.

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Going by that logic, one could make the argument that the founders could not have imagined automatic weapons and therefore we should not be able to bear them. I'm going to stick with the Clarence Thomas absolutionist view of rights.