Speaking at a recent rally in Michigan, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed delivered a snarky and ignorant remark about the Second Amendment: “When they promised the right to bear arms, they had muskets. So yeah, everyone should have equal rights to a musket.”
The Second Amendment doesn’t guarantee the right of individuals to keep and bear “muskets” or “Kentucky rifles” or “cannons” any more than the First Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to “write with quills” or worship “in Anglican and Presbyterian churches.” The right to self-defense isn’t predicated on technology but on belief.
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