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Those weren't really practical weapons. The first practical gun was the matchlock arquebus, invented around 1480.Firearms were invented in China in the 11th Century.
China is also far from the Germanic tribes (which developed the right of free people to keep and bear arms) and far from England (which passed that right on to the United States).
No. My argument is that this right does exist, and that it has been expressed in law for thousands of years now.Your argument seems to be that a right (unexpressed in law) must exist for everyone who wants to use a weapon for personal purposes.
Only free people possess this right however. It doesn't apply to serfs and slaves.
If you want to enforce the true intent of the Second Amendment, yes.Presumably that also includes automatic weapons, grenade launchers, flame throwers, and shoulder-mounted missile launchers.
But the Heller ruling only covers weapons that are suitable for private self defense. That is the significance of Scalia severing the militia from the right to keep and bear arms.