# Guns are not designed to kill people **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-not-designed-to-kill-people/471402 "2008-11-06T03:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 245
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-not-designed-to-kill-people/471402/245 "2008-11-13T17:02:07Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > [Spaceman Slot : Daftar Situs Resmi Pragmatic Play Gampang Gacor Maxwin x1000 Malam Ini](http://www.damonmills.com/ps_13.htm) > > Just for the heck of it, see here, a French supplied Cavalry pistol of a model used by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. > > Notice slightly further down the 1800s Naval pistol. If your point is ,that there were a lot of hand guns around during the birth of our country, you would be mistaken. Note a 1800 pistol is decades after the 2nd amendment. Washington was impressed by the citizen who augmented his army. They were helpful and he appreciated them. That is why the militia is referred to in the 2nd. amendment. They were armed with private weapons and shot at the Britts from cover. They did not confront them with dueling pistols. Pistols were not significant weapons in the revolution. The militia reference is clear. The Brits confiscated the muskets of the Americans when they could. The genesis and point of the 2nd is obvious unless you want to twist it into a handgun bill. It is not. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-not-designed-to-kill-people/471402)._