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Five types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved

  • Written by Saul Cornell, Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History, Fordham University
imageWere muskets in 1777 better regulated than assault rifles in 2017?Jana Shea/Shutterstock.com

The Second Amendment is one of the most frequently cited provisions in the American Constitution, but also one of the most poorly understood.

The 27 words that constitute the Second Amendment seem to baffle modern Americans on both the left and right.

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