Posted on 07/06/2022 10:40:59 AM PDT by rktman
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) reacted to the Highland Park parade attack during a Monday press conference by suggesting America’s Founding Fathers would not support a “constitutional right to own an assault weapon.”
Pritzker tweeted a video of his comments on the attack, saying, in part, “Our Founders carried muskets, not assault weapons, and I don’t think a single one of them would have said that you have a constitutional right to an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine.”
In another portion of his comments Pritzker said, “It does not have to be this way, and yet we as a nation, well, we continue to allow this to happen. While we celebrate the Fourth of July just once a year, mass shootings have become … our weekly American tradition.”
The muskets used by the Founding Fathers–the muskets they used to defeat the British military and secure freedom–were very much like the military-issue muskets British Redcoats used when shooting at colonists and members of George Washington’s forces.
U.S. House candidate and former Navy SEAL Eli Crane reacted to Pritzker’s statement on muskets vs. “assault weapons” by telling Breitbart News, “The gap between the firepower of U.S. citizens and the military now is far greater than the gap that existed between colonists and the combination of regimented and ad hoc military forces that had just defeated Britain.
“Think about it. The military has Predator drones–that can drop a Hellfire missile and erase your home without you even knowing it was above you–and they have nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers. Now compare that to what we’re allowed to own today. There’s just no comparison. The American people are greatly outgunned by the 21st century military, far more so than were the colonists in the 18th century.”
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I think he’s wrong, moreover, I think he knows he is wrong and is intentionally lying.
First, the Marxists assign a term that has no meaning “Assault Weapon”, and then the try mind reading the Founding Fathers.
Did he use a Ouija board?
Butt, butt, butt he’s duh gubunuh!
Assault cannons and Assault Frigates are ok though.
You are insulting the intelligent of even the dumbest of asses by calling him that.
Meanwhile, when the country was founded citizens could own canons...
Doofus on the loose. The 2nd Amendment doesn’t specify muskets, just that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Same goes for Biden’s canons. Like so much else, the Constitution largely let the people decide for themselves.
I've always said that our Founders, men who envisioned a constitutional Republic, couldn't have had the foresight to see that firearms would develop beyond their muskets. So naturally today's weapons aren't protected. Right?
If the AR15/M16 were around during the period of the writing of the Constitution and the Revolutionary war you can bet they’d be on their knees praying to get those rifles.
Unfortunately the technology didn’t exist yet.So they were using the Assault Rifle of their era the flintlock muskets.
Rats just don’t read history.
Not one of them used a cell phone or had a Facebook page, either. So forget that First Amendment.
Leftist have been saying our founders would not (fill in the blank) if they knew (fill in the blank). It doesn’t work. Americans don’t buy it. American citizens own weapons of war since our founding until the first unconstitutional gun control laws.
Yes, they would, & furthermore, they would know from hard experience with tyranny exactly why it’s necessary.
He is wrong and a dumb ass. I have seen writings that they were fine you owning a cannon.
Also, private citizens were allowed to own cannons, if they could afford them. Cannons were owned by both small communities and private individuals. Restrictions did not begin until 1934.
Wow! Pritzker can jump through time and read minds! What a talent!
Pritzker is a crooked fool.
If that’s the case fat man then “journalists” have no right to mass communication or social media.
Of course he is wrong, he cannot show any evidence to support his claim. Furthermore, private citizens could and did buy cannons, armed their merchant vessels with them to ward off pirates and any other enemies. Boats and ships with whatever weapons were on them that were used by Americans in the war with Britain were civilian owned. Our first submarine was civilian.
True. These damn liberal punks know zip.
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