But he said that over 200 years ago. Back then you were lucky if you could fire 3 shots a minute with a riffle. Weapons were different now and so is the governance of the entire country. Just because something used to be true doesn’t mean it will always be true.

What I hear when people argue for the right to bear arms is

“I don’t care how many mass shootings there are, I don’t care how many children die; It’s more important that everyone has the right to carry a gun just in case at some point in the future we need to overthrow the government.”