Originally Posted by Rochard

The problem is how you define the 2nd amendment.

I believe the 2nd amendment isn't about the right to bear arms, but instead is about the government having a military. The 2nd amendment says militia but because we define the 2nd amendment using modern English standards, it's being ignored. It does not say "any civilian has the right to bear arms", but it does say the "militia has the right to bear arms".

But the courts have decided otherwise, and now any eighteen year old can have an assault rifle.

I'm really surprised the government hasn't said that when the 2nd amendment was written, the only "arms" they had in mind was a one shot musket... And from here on out, that's all you are allowed to have. (Yes, I know cities / states have tried to limit which firearms we can have and have lost.)