Assuming that concealed carry is legal where you are and technology keeps getting better, if lightsabers like in Star Wars became a real thing, would they be legal?
Bear with me, some may say, "They'll never be a real thing." However, with today's technology, who knows what could become a reality. If you told people in the 1800's that we'd be flying in the air in a metal carriage they'd say, "That will never be a real thing!" Or if we'd say that you could have a device in the palm of your hand that could be used to talk to someone with Facetime in China while you're in America they wouldn't believe that either. And the US military is already attempting to create laser weapons and said they hope to have laser equipped fighter jets by 2020, not too far away. (http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/us-air-force-laser-fighter-jet-weapons-research/)
The latter is protected under the 1st Amendment. It's ironic when people say that the 2nd Amendment didn't mean machine guns and semi-auto weapons and only pertained to muskets, while the 1st Amendment covers emails, faxes, text messages, and other things that obviously weren't around the time of the 1st Amendments creation either.
So, some may say that a lightsaber falls under the 'dangerous and unusual' category of weapons which are not allowed under the 2nd Amendment. However, all they are is a more easily concealed sword. It could be argued that a semi-auto rifle like a AR15 or AK47 would be far more dangerous than a lightsaber and definitely more lethal.
If you had concealed carry in your state that carrying a lightsaber wouldn't be a problem.
Since the reality of a lightsaber becoming a real thing in the future is very possible begs the question, would they be legal to own?
Bear with me, some may say, "They'll never be a real thing." However, with today's technology, who knows what could become a reality. If you told people in the 1800's that we'd be flying in the air in a metal carriage they'd say, "That will never be a real thing!" Or if we'd say that you could have a device in the palm of your hand that could be used to talk to someone with Facetime in China while you're in America they wouldn't believe that either. And the US military is already attempting to create laser weapons and said they hope to have laser equipped fighter jets by 2020, not too far away. (http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/us-air-force-laser-fighter-jet-weapons-research/)
The latter is protected under the 1st Amendment. It's ironic when people say that the 2nd Amendment didn't mean machine guns and semi-auto weapons and only pertained to muskets, while the 1st Amendment covers emails, faxes, text messages, and other things that obviously weren't around the time of the 1st Amendments creation either.
So, some may say that a lightsaber falls under the 'dangerous and unusual' category of weapons which are not allowed under the 2nd Amendment. However, all they are is a more easily concealed sword. It could be argued that a semi-auto rifle like a AR15 or AK47 would be far more dangerous than a lightsaber and definitely more lethal.
If you had concealed carry in your state that carrying a lightsaber wouldn't be a problem.
Since the reality of a lightsaber becoming a real thing in the future is very possible begs the question, would they be legal to own?
