PeterS wrote:
Lastly, why does the operative clause need a prefatory clause? If the second is purely about the right to bear arms what relevance is a well-regulated m*****a being necessary for the security of a free state?
What I have a feeling Blade is that Heller, as with all things SCOTUS, is based upon ideology and not what the founders were trying to do when the second was written. But each time someone grabs an AR or AK and decides to use them as a WMD the second amendment becomes less and less relevant anyway. Banning a category of arms doesn't negate the right to bear arms any more than eliminating the M-16 deprived the public of a constitutional right.
And yes, I realize people will always try to own semi-autos, but economics will take over, pricing it out of the reach for the majority in this country. People are just going to have to learn how to be quick shooters if they want the rush of a semi-auto feel as there will be no more 100 round drums to mow us down with...
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Look, we know that you harbor an extreme anti-gun bias, we know that you are strident in your attempts to interpret the 2nd Amendment and everything the founders have written to support it in an effort to make it fit that agenda. We know that you are obsessed with a particular type of firearm, so much so that you are irrational in attacking it. We know that you are ignorant of the reasons it was invented and the popularity of that particular type of firearm.
Your tactics in arguing over the evils of a semi-auto firearm are no different than the tactics you use to attack Christians. You cherry pick from the Bible wh**ever you feel you can interpret to fit your hostile agenda and you cherry pick from the writings on gun rights in the same way. You use the Bible and the 2nd Amendment as weapons. How you can rationalize using such things to defeat their own meanings is a monumental failure in logic and reason.
Make an original argument, create an original alternative, come up with a brand new concept, write a constitution. Stop molding and bending and twisting and corrupting the Bible and the 2nd Amendment in effort to force them to cut their own throats.
The semi-automatic firearm is an accurate, efficient and reliable gun, but it is just a gun, it doesn't have a "semi-auto feel", and it has no mind of its own.
Economics is not going to "price it out of reach". For thirty years, the AR platform has enjoyed a popularity not seen since the old Colt six-shooter. For 30 years, the AR15 and its variants have been manufactured as a fully functional firearm and in kits for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. A DIY shooter can either order the AR in a kit, or he can simply order the parts based on his own particular needs. In all cases, whether buying a fully functional AR15, a kit, or nothing but parts, the upper receiver in all of its manifestations--80% upper or ready to go--must be purchased through an FFL dealer. The purchase of an upper receiver must be processed as if it were a fully functional firearm.
Do you have any idea how many shooters hand load their own ammunition?
FYI: The M16 is a military weapon, it is a select fire infantry rifle. Civilians cannot purchase one of these.
And, 100 round drums are a novelty item, they are expensive, require constant maintenance, they are bulky, heavy, and wasteful. Very few shooters ever mess with them.