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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean those are two reasons it was kept, but there's also:

  • It's based on a historical English law
  • Wild predators
  • Police back then were sometimes days away (and still hours away today in some cases)
  • Hunting for food
  • Shooting the French
  • Shooting the Spanish
  • The revolutionists were tired of raiding garrisons every time they needed armament
  • The founding fathers wanted to keep their war ships