Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 35 years of gun sales, showing gun control's unintended consequences [View all]yagotme
(4,010 posts)something about a dead horse, and all. No one was defending a corpse.
"Only weapons that have a reasonable relationship to the effectiveness of a well-regulated militia under the Second Amendment are free from government regulation.
In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a "shotgun having a barrel of less than 18 inches in length" at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument. Certainly it is not within judicial notice that this weapon is any part of the ordinary military equipment, or that its use could contribute to the common defense."
I want my M-16 that should have been issued to me, or at least to have been purchased by me, with no regulation, as this weapon, in a reasonable relationship with the current military, would have been effective in a well-regulated militia. I am past the age for the "militia" now, but, hey, I'm owed, right? The SC hearing Miller said so...