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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The founding writers of the constitution never imagined people would fit hand cannons in their pants.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

They absolutely imagined that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The founding writers of the constitution never imagined people would fit hand cannons in their pants.

Hand cannons had been in use for hundreds of years (citation 1, citation 2) before the Constitution was written. Where do you get this idea they were not aware of their existence?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You sound dumb. No, they 100% imagined it, because they existed and were in mass production while they were alive.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The founding writers of the constitution never imagined people would fit hand cannons in their pants ... Try walking around with an 18 inch pistol concealed in your pants.

Hand cannons for hundreds of years before the writing of the Constitution were smaller than that. Where do you get this idea hand cannons were always that large?:

In 1432, Joseon dynasty under the reign of Sejong the Great introduced the world's first handgun named se-chongtong (세총통). Se-chongtong has a total length of 13.8 cm [5.4in] ... Se-chongtong was used by both soldiers and civilians, including women and children, as a personal defense weapon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handgun#History