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  • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    Now you’re just projecting. At face value, he doesn’t mention personal ownership of guns, nor does he even imply anything like that.

    The reason I mentioned the French revolution is that other than the US independence war itself, it’s THE rebellion against the government of Franklin’s time and thus more likely than not he’s inspired by it and/or the aforementioned war fought by well-regulated militias, NOT individuals who owned guns for their own personal use.

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      1 year ago

      Projecting what?

      We are discussing a Thomas Jefferson quote, not Ben Franklin, and in the quote we are discussing he literally says “let them take arms.”

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        1 year ago

        You’re projecting the fact that you’re unreasonably assuming he meant personal ownership and use onto me by claiming that I’m unreasonably assuming that he didn’t.

        The fact of the matter is that “let them take arms” in no way means “let them personally own guns for their own personal use”.

        In fact, given the historical context, it’s much more likely that he meant as militias fighting a guerilla war or using them in a coordinated revolutionary effort, neither of which necessitates personal ownership of guns.

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          I never unreasonably assumed he meant personal ownership. I just thought you know, since you can read a dead mans mind and know he was talking about the French revolution or something you must really, really know what you’re talking about.

          “Let them take arms” can be reasonably construed to mean “let them own guns”. Saying “in no way” is categorically incorrect. Saying it might not mean that is not unreasonable, but saying it definitely doesn’t is absolutely unreasonable, which is what you’re saying.

          What he meant, what was going on in his head, we can’t know. Well, except for you apparently, because you really know what you’re talking about. But the rest of us, all we can do is take his words at face value.

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            1 year ago

            This is not going anywhere except nitpicking, clarification and more nitpicking etc, so let’s just stop now rather than continue to waste each other’s time.