[quote=FlyerInHi]I think gun rights defenders believe that people should be able to own missiles and nuclear weapons as long as they can afford them.[/quote]
Red Herring. Though some real extreme outliers may, but most do not.
[quote=scaredyclassic]if the purpose of the 2nd am. really is to prep for revolution wgen necessaey, it makes no sense to limit the type of atms obtainable. grenades, tanks…those would be more useful in keeping the Gov. in line.[/quote]
Not useful, easier. ‘Heavy’ weapons would change ‘people at large’ to a small group or single individual. This was never the intent of the Founding Fathers – again, it is also shown in the Federalist Papers. War, bloodshed should never be easy nor sanitary. Keeping it dirty, keeps it to the last resort.
NOTE during the late 1700s into the 1800s, it was legal for an individual to own a cannon, which was the heaviest weapon at the time.
