His facts are incorrect so he's either ignorant or dishonest. An ignorant person can be taught the facts while a dishonest one can't be trusted on anything.
Point by point his arguments are easily shown to be false. We know that historically that the romantic idea of ranks of Minutemen freeing the country is wrong. They were not considered to be as valuable as regular troops and that the raising of funds to purchase arms for the Continental Army and the subsequent Armies was a major effort. Even Washington himself lamented the disorder and poor equipage and value of the various militias. Minutemen played an important part in winning our freedom from the British, but serious historians, instead of romantic schoolboys, know that the methodical equipping of a "modern" army was critical to winning that freedom. We've already established that the authors of the Constitution and BOR were not ignorant hicks lacking in education and imagination. The time that those two pillars of the U.S. were written was one of the most exciting times for new ideas and new technologies. His understanding of what a fully automatic weapon is and what's involved with owning one is pathetically lacking and represents the shallow understanding from listening to snippits from the popular press. Much like learning about how to build a long lasting and satisfying relationship from sitcoms or adult films is silly, basing any opinion on machine guns on bits and pieces from TV and movies is absurd. While anyone that can afford the thousands of dollars in investment in a full auto firearm and the $200 transfer tax and can make it through the background check might be considered the "general public". Then what is untrustworthy about your average homeowner that your father doesn't like?
Point by point his arguments are easily shown to be false. We know that historically that the romantic idea of ranks of Minutemen freeing the country is wrong. They were not considered to be as valuable as regular troops and that the raising of funds to purchase arms for the Continental Army and the subsequent Armies was a major effort. Even Washington himself lamented the disorder and poor equipage and value of the various militias. Minutemen played an important part in winning our freedom from the British, but serious historians, instead of romantic schoolboys, know that the methodical equipping of a "modern" army was critical to winning that freedom. We've already established that the authors of the Constitution and BOR were not ignorant hicks lacking in education and imagination. The time that those two pillars of the U.S. were written was one of the most exciting times for new ideas and new technologies. His understanding of what a fully automatic weapon is and what's involved with owning one is pathetically lacking and represents the shallow understanding from listening to snippits from the popular press. Much like learning about how to build a long lasting and satisfying relationship from sitcoms or adult films is silly, basing any opinion on machine guns on bits and pieces from TV and movies is absurd. While anyone that can afford the thousands of dollars in investment in a full auto firearm and the $200 transfer tax and can make it through the background check might be considered the "general public". Then what is untrustworthy about your average homeowner that your father doesn't like?
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