Ole Cowboy
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My reading as nothing but a common man and what I believe the INTENT was this is an INDIVIDUAL God given right to defend ones self and family and to be able to serve in the militia when called upon.Just so we're clear an artillery piece (Even mobile like the m110) is a crew served weapon as is an Abrams.... Arms are arms... they had no idea what the future would hold, but I bet they even meant that a puckle gun was ok to own for people to have and operate in the interest of militias. The media has already made militia a bad word so we knew that was the direction they were stepping.
I'm just saying it's hard to take down tyranny when they have drones that can drop hellfires on you from 5k out and all you have is an AR15.
If you try to construe the 2nd as an unlimited ownership of anything beyond and individual right you run the risk of changing the definition to what kind of weapons we are allowed to . Now the argument REALLY gets in trouble. I can take a M16 class or weapons and the sidearm class (1911, Beretta, Sig etc) and use them to defend my family, hunt etc. But the M110 is not exactly a squirrel gun, or can I employ it to defend my home effectively unless I train my family as FDC, Ammo loaders and my son to be a FO.
The 2nd does give you the right to create a standing militia. I can no case for crew served weapons and trust me its a path we do not want to try and go down...