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Re: US Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Second Amendment forbids local handgun
For this to stick, you need to make the argument that these weapons are not "arms" as the term is used under the 2nd.
If you think you can do this, I'd love to see it.
The first paragraph to the 14th Amendment essentially says that no state shall make laws that take away the rights given to the people by the Constitution. If we are to interpret the 2nd Amendment in the strictest sense of the word as we've done with the "natural born citizen" issue from Articel 2, Section 1 to the Constitution, then the states cannot restrict the people from owning firearms of any kind be it a pistol, a shotgun, a high powered riffle, or a bazooka!
However, I would hope that people and politicians would look at the issue of gun control from a more reasonable standpoint as it is clear that owning such firearms as high powered riffles or bazookas would not be prudent in today's society where the need for self-protection is concerned.
For this to stick, you need to make the argument that these weapons are not "arms" as the term is used under the 2nd.
If you think you can do this, I'd love to see it.