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"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
I was talking about this today with a co-worker, and we came to the conclusion that rather than saying that people are only allowed to keep weapons of the constitutional era, that common sense would dictate that we the people have the right to maintain all standard armaments of an up to date Infantry Battalion.
We figured that the purpose of this was actually dual: To keep a foriegn threat at bay from well armed free men&women, and to keep a potentially totalitarian government at bay from a well armed citizenry as well.
We also came to the conclusion that a ban or regulation of any type of automatic weapons or assault rifles which are in common use by infantry men and are acceptable for our men and women in the Armed Service would be down-right un-Constitutional.
I'm sure people have posted threads along this line before, however, I'm rather new, and am curious to see if anyone else shares the same view of what a well regulated militia would entail?
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
I was talking about this today with a co-worker, and we came to the conclusion that rather than saying that people are only allowed to keep weapons of the constitutional era, that common sense would dictate that we the people have the right to maintain all standard armaments of an up to date Infantry Battalion.
We figured that the purpose of this was actually dual: To keep a foriegn threat at bay from well armed free men&women, and to keep a potentially totalitarian government at bay from a well armed citizenry as well.
We also came to the conclusion that a ban or regulation of any type of automatic weapons or assault rifles which are in common use by infantry men and are acceptable for our men and women in the Armed Service would be down-right un-Constitutional.
I'm sure people have posted threads along this line before, however, I'm rather new, and am curious to see if anyone else shares the same view of what a well regulated militia would entail?