The founders of our Constitution could not have possibly imagined this type of weapon when they wrote the Constitution. The Second Amendment does not prevent reasonable restrictions on guns. There is nothing in the second amendment that says that you cannot ban assault weapons.
The Founders weren't granting rights. They were stating them when they drafted the Constitution. I find it absolutely hilarious that you would think these enlightened men, these geniuses who drafted the greatest document ever conceived in Human History, didn't have the foresight to know technology would create more formidable weaponry. I can guarantee the Founders would have loved to get their hands on AKs when they fought the British for Independence. You're tossing out simplistic, irrational, and emotional arguments that have no basis in facts.
The Founders purposely stated the "Right To Bear Arms shall not be infringed" for a reason. An armed and moral citizenry is the last line of defense against tyranny and oppression. Let's look at the history Gun Control:
Turkey established gun control in 1911. As a result 1.5 million Armenians, deprived of means to defend themselves, were rounded up and killed.
In 1929, the Stalin gun control. Then, from 1929 to 1953, approximately 20 million dissidents were rounded up and killed.
In 1938 Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945 over 13 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, mentally ill, union leaders, Catholics and others, unable to fire a shot in protest, were rounded up and killed.
In 1935, China established gun control. 20 million dissidents were rounded up and killed from 1948 and 1952 .
In 1956 Cambodia enshrined gun control. Over one million ‘educated’ people were rounded up and killed within 2 years.
In 1964 Guatemala locked in gun control. 100K Mayans were killed
In 1970 Uganda embraced gun control. Over the next nine years over 300,000 Christians were rounded up and killed.
The worst mass murder committed at a school was in 1927. The killer was a politician who used dynamite.
Andrew Kehoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrew Philip Kehoe (February 1, 1872 – May 18, 1927) was an American farmer and treasurer of his township school board, notable as a mass murderer for killing his wife and blowing up their home and farm, as well as killing 43 other people, mostly children, and injuring 58 in setting off bombs in the Bath School Disaster on May 18, 1927. He killed himself in one of the explosions at the school, when he set off dynamite in his car.
Evil exists. The cops can't magically appear in your house when it breaks in to save you. If you don't want to own a gun, don't buy one. Put a sign in front of your house that says "Gun Free Home". Good luck with that.