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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
How many gun owners belong to the "well regulated militia" that the constitution requires? None.
On the other hand, the 2nd amendment's writers probably wouldn't like it that the government has banned private ownership of military grade weapons. They didn't tell people of the period that they could have a pocket sized handgun but not a high power rifle. The founding fathers would want machine guns to be available to non government militia members.
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that's not what the supreme court decided the founding fathers meant by the 2nd amendment, which simply codifies the existing right. that code is a right as well as a regulation, the regulation being that *arms* are determined to be the most common weapons used by the public at that particular time.