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0 pointsbewaretheirs2y ago0 comments

> Bullets didn’t exist when the 2nd amendment was created

Uh, what? Wikipedia dates the first bullet to the 13th century:

> Fire lance barrels made of metal appeared by 1276.[30] Earlier in 1259 a pellet wad that filled the barrel was recorded to have been used as a fire lance projectile, making it the first recorded bullet in history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun#Transition_to_true_guns

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api_or_ipa2y ago

I think they’re referring to modern cartridge bullets, as opposed to little lead balls stored separately from the powder and whatever else is rammed down the barrel in preparation for the next short.

Indeed the first integrated cartridges were developed around 1808 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)

bewaretheirsOP2y ago

Paper cartridges packaging one projectile with one shot's worth of powder were in widespread use in the 16h century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_cartridge

ametrau2y ago

Nah nah, because, um, the foundin fathers were like dumb and that and couldn’t um, HIGH CAPACITY

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