We Must Defend Thanos’s Constitutional Right to Snap His Fingers and Make Half of the Universe Disappear
We try not to get political here at ComicMix, but this is just too important in the wake of current events to ignore.
The Second Amendment is clear: the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Granted, when the Founding Fathers wrote that amendment, they understood an “arm” to be a musket, which, if you were a practiced expert, could fire (at best) maybe three or four rounds a minute. But don’t you think that they probably kind of also assumed “arms” would eventually mean that any American or intergalactic Titan, if he or she so chose, could if snap their fingers (which are attached to the arms) and instantly wipe out 50% of life on the planet? If you read — actually read — the Constitution, I think you definitely get this vibe that they saw this kind of situation coming.
Originally at www.mcsweeneys.net
We’re sure that Bob Ingersoll will be covering this in detail soon.
Thomas Napoli
Except the founding fathers were aware of automatic weapons that existed at the time, and were actually fans of them. I would believe that they were smart enough to account for technological advancement, otherwise they would have made it the right to bear “muskets” and not arms.
Justin Wawrzonek The founding fathers were not prophets. Also the founding fathers wrote the 2nd Amendment for militas and not for private citizen gun ownership.
The 2nd amendment was written for the average citizen so they could form a militia. At the time it extended to all forms of armorment including war boats and cannons. The intent was to not have a government more heavily armed than those it governs.
We need education not legislation.
Brian Grant you need to educate yourself on the definition of militia as defined by the Founders.
By that logic, the first amendment didn’t account for the internet, cellphones, and many forms of communication and expressions of speech.
Ron Hart
Do you how many people die from communication? We should outlaw the 1st Amendment too.