2020 Presidential Election

[Benton]

(09-13-2019, 11:12 PM)TheUberHuber Wrote:  "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 am no English major, but from the wording of the second amendment, you clearly do NOT have a constitutional right to keep an assault rifle in your closet. 


Since the NRA loves the slippery slope argument, I will counter with another. Since you think this wording gives you a constitutional right to keep assault rifles in your personal possession, (it doesn't) then I should also be be able to keep a fully functioning Titan 2 thermonuclear weapon. 

Well it's illegal to own nuclear material without approval from the regulatory agency. I guess,technically, if you could afford it and were approved, you could, technically, own one.

The second, as all of the amendments, has limits. The question really isn't does it allow you to bear arms (it does), it's to what extent. 

Personally, I don't have any problem with people owning machine guns. If you want to go through the hoops, do it. I know guys who do and they're fun to operate. But I also think everyone who owns a firearm should have to up through some hoops.