by Dave Day
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| Source: For the Sake of Arguments |
Grapeshot, grapeshot
British artillery and redcoat musketmen
undone by Rhode Island farmboys
heeding the militia’s call
bearing
fully automatic AR-15s with
laser sights and aerial drone support
the colonists spray the loyalists
in the killzone
nine-millimeter sidearm
dum-dum jacketed softpoint
magnum ACP
thirty rounds for Lord North and
the madman King George
to enfilade the tyranny of
the House of Hanover
well-regulated militiamen all
comporting with the history and tradition
of SEAL Team Six, which was founded after
the Battle of Agincourt
the militia, our militia
selfless minutemen doffing
tricorne hats, brass buttons gleaming on
ballistic body armor, hurrah!
Author’s Note: The recent Bruen decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, which broadly allows concealed carry of firearms at the national level, is based upon the "originalism" doctrine of jurisprudence, where constitutional provisions are interpreted in the light of the history surrounding their adoptions. As has been noted, the Supreme Court's view of history is inconsistent to say the least. See https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/06/cherry-picked-history-and-ideology-driven-outcomes-bruens-originalist-distortions/. Among other things, the Supreme Court has said that while the scope of the Second Amendment should be interpreted according to Eighteenth Century history, we do not look at Eighteenth Century history when considering the type of weapons that must be permitted (i.e., muskets versus assault rifles). This leads to the unfortunate situation where we are now, where very powerful weapons with high magazine capacities are widely available. This is the subject of my poem.
Dave Day is an attorney from Honolulu, Hawaii. Dave has published poetry in The Ekphrastic Review and The New Verse News, and extremely nonpoetic articles in the Hawaii Bar Journal and Emory International Law Review.
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