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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by pclmulqdq on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:42PM (#34144000)
It was certainly the popular consensus view among historians (registering about 95% democrat) at the time of Heller, but that does not in any way mean that it is or was the consensus view of notable legal scholars, Supreme Court justices, or anyone else who is actually well-informed on the issues and history of the second amendment. And also facts, which matter a lot more than "consensus."

If you would like to back up your argument from authority with actual evidence, can you pull out a gun control law from before 1900 that bans anything close to the weapons that are banned today?

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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by culi on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:08PM (#34144187)
sure, but first can you pull up a law from before 1900 regulating social media?
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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by wolverine876 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @02:24AM (#34146171)
> the popular consensus view among historians (registering about 95% democrat)

Can you address the claims with facts and reason? Resorting to ad hominen attacks seems to indicate the facts and reason are lacking.

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