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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, unconnected with service in a militia,...

"The Belton flintlock was a repeating flintlock design using superposed loads, conceived by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Joseph Belton some time prior to 1777. The musket design was offered by Belton to the newly formed Continental Congress in 1777. Be...

The rifle was 4 ft (1.2 m) long and weighed 10 lb (4.5 kg), about the same basic size and weight as infantry muskets of the time. It fired a .46[3] or .51[4] caliber ball and had a tubular, spring-fed[5] magazine with a capacity of 20 balls. Some of the weapon...

Around 1790, pepperboxes were built on the basis of flintlock systems, notably by Nock in England and "Segallas" in Belgium. These weapons building on the success of the earlier two barrel turnover pistols, were fitted with three, four or seven barrels. These ...

The Puckle gun (also known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually-operated flintlock[1] revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle, (1667–1724) a British inventor, lawyer and writer. It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a "...

The Kalthoff repeater was a type of repeating firearm that was designed by members of the Kalthoff family around 1630,[1] and became the first repeating firearm to be brought into military service.[2] At least nineteen gunsmiths are known to have made weapons ...

James Madison 1812 Letters of Marque

CDC - 2019 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/injury.htm

FBI 2012-2016 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls

National Institute of Mental Health 2018 - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml#part_154971

BIDEN: I've argued against any more oil drilling or gas drilling on federal lands that we can -- and to stop that. I think we should, in fact, be looking at what exists now and making a judgement whether or not the -- those, in fact, that are there, those well...

The industry was also angry with the administration’s decision to dramatically reduce access to oil and gas development, followed by complaints domestic producers weren’t ramping up production amid increasing energy demand as the worst of the pandemic ended.  ...

There are 9,000 available unused drilling permits, he claimed, and only 10% of onshore oil production takes place on federal land. Talk about a misdirection play. First, companies have to obtain additional permits for rights of way to access leases and bu...

In late October, for example, the House Oversight and Reform Committee called in the CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron to explain what steps they are taking to produce less oil and gas, with Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.) alleging that "the world can't wait" ...

"This crisis is a stark reminder we need to become energy independent. It should motivate us to transition to clean energy.  If we transition to green energy no one will have to worry about the price at the pump in the future." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

"In my view we already waited to long and cannot wait any longer. Its time to act. Thats why I'm signing an executive order to supercharge our administrations ambitious plan of climate change. This executive order takes steps to hit my goal of a carbon free el...

"We can take millions of vehicles off the road. Replace it with a rail system. There are things we can do now." "Is there a point where you think everyone should be driving an electric car?" "Well that depends on whether or not it is economically feasible and ...

"Were all in on meeting the presidents goal of getting to 100% clean electricity by 2035 and net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and if you drove an electric car this wouldn't be effecting you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsTEaXbNY4  

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