Originally Posted by
Alpha-17
That's actually pretty common. Even patriarchal societies like the Romans had a saying, "The mother is always certain", meaning that the identity of the mother was almost always known, but the father was never 100%. It had legal implications for inheritance, etc.
And not all faiths are universalist or seek converts; that's something relatively modern and shouldn't be applied to all.
The matriarchal and lack of proselytizing are kind of interesting for a culture/religion accused of colonialism...
The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.
It's that simple.
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