[kelnos]

No, that's not what I was saying, but it's not exactly false, either, now that you've brought it up. George Washington himself went on several forced disarming campaigns in the first few years of the US (notably, before 2A was ratified). It's a persistent myth that gun ownership was unfettered and unregulated before the 1900s.

[_-david-_]

There is a reason I said 200 years not 250 years. Are there any examples after the 2A where the government took away guns?