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2023-01-25 13:22:31 UTC - HELPFUL
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When the second amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791 muskets were state of the art weapons. Historically, it took an average of 20 seconds to load and fire a smoothbore blackpowder musket. https://www.reference.com/world-view/long-reload-musket-f38b9c2f3e79ce7a Bushmaster AR-15 manual has a maximum effective rate of 45 rounds per minute. https://checkyourfact.com/2018/02/24/fact-check-ar-15-bullets-a-second/
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