Fact is, most firearms innovations have come from outside the government. [More]
Which is why “in common use at the time” can go from being a winning strategy in some circumstances to a trap more fundamental ones.
Face it: Every new idea starts as a monopoly.
Why our “gun rights leaders” seem deliberately indifferent to that is something you’ll have to ask them.
Their legal arguments are heavy on self defense and light on the militia, too.
[Via Michael G]
“Their legal arguments are heavy on self defense and light on the militia”
Admit it — still way better than decades ago, when their legal arguments were heavy on hunting and target shooting, and little else.
So now forge ahead.