• BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
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    16 hours ago

    ~200 years of precedent

    I anal, so hopefully you can provide me shit to read about this precedence and help me change my mind.

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      16 hours ago

      Dozens of people much smarter than me have written books about it.

      Look into the dissenting opinions (and analysis of them) of DC v. Heller. Scalia claimed to be a “traditionalist,” and then completely ignored how the original text had been interpreted since the nation’s inception. He took a lot of heat for it at the time.

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        14 hours ago

        He took a lot of heat for it at the time

        Oh wow, I bet he got his act together after that one and has had a spotless record since.