Why doesn't the 2nd amendment cover automatic weapons?

[NYcarbineer]

Or does it?

 

[Dick Tuck]

I hope that young lady got a Barbie Beach House.

 

[NYcarbineer]

So, does the 2nd amendment not cover automatic weapons because there is an implied limitation on the degree of firepower a weapon can possess for it to fall under the protection of the 2nd amendment?

 

[OKTexas]

There are thousand of fully automatic weapons out there, I think the feds are over regulating them, but it would take someone that owns one to challenge regulations in court.

 

[Politico]

If you want to buy one nobody is stopping you.

 

[GuyPinestra]

Or does it?

Of course it does, the only requirement is a background check and a $400 Federal Firearms License.

 

[Doc91678]

Or does it?

We can all see that you're not only ignorant about the wording in the Second Amendment, you're also ignorant of Federal law.

 

[Lakhota]

Surely the founders had automatic muskets when they were in the "militia"...

 

[GuyPinestra]

Surely the founders had automatic muskets when they were in the "militia"...

Whatever they had it beat the shit out of bows and arrows, Geronimo...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So, does the 2nd amendment not cover automatic weapons because there is an implied limitation on the degree of firepower a weapon can possess for it to fall under the protection of the 2nd amendment?

What?

Is there an implied limitation on the amount of words you can use under the First Amendment?

 

[Politico]

Or does it?

Of course it does, the only requirement is a background check and a $400 Federal Firearms License.

So you don't actually know what the process is.

 

[Doc91678]

Or does it?

Of course it does, the only requirement is a background check and a $400 Federal Firearms License.

So you don't actually know what the process is.

That is exactly why I questioned the intelligence of NYcarabineer asking that question to begin with.

 

[BreezeWood]

A well regulated "Militia"(,) = military weaponry

the right of the people to keep and bear "Arms"(,) = hunting rifle, fishing pole, bowie knife ...


there are two rights written into Article II as a distinction of the weaponry involved.

 

[Lakhota]

Israeli gun control regulations 'opposite of US'

By Ben Hartman

A gun lover’s dream or a stringently controlled police state that would make a National Rifle Association supporter’s blood boil? In recent days, following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26 dead, including 20 children, Israel has been mentioned as a country awash in guns yet still free of such random massacres. Many have pointed out that the difference between the countries is not in the prevalence of guns, but the regulations that accompany them.

According to Yaakov Amit, the head of the Public Security Ministry’s Firearms Licensing Department, the difference between the gun laws in the US and Israel are as clear as night and day.

“There is an essential difference between the two. In America the right to bear arms is written in the law, here it’s the opposite... only those who have a license can bear arms and not everyone can get a license.”

Amit said gun licenses are only given out to those who have a reason because they work in security or law enforcement, or those who live in settlements “where the state has an interest in them being armed.”

He added that former IDF officers above a certain rank can get a license.

Anyone who fits the requirements, is over age 21 and an Israeli resident for more than three years, must go through a mental and physical health exam, Amit said, then pass shooting exams and courses at a licensed gun range, as well as background checks by the Public Security Ministry.

Once they order their firearm from a gun store, they are allowed to take it home with a one-time supply of 50 bullets, which Amit said they cannot renew.

The gun owner must retake his license exam and testing at the gun range every three years. As of January, Amit said, a new law will go into effect requiring gun owners to prove that they have a safe at home to keep their weapon in.

More: Israeli gun control regulations 'opposite of US' - The Jerusalem Post

 

[LordBrownTrout]

A well regulated "Militia"(,) = military weaponry

the right of the people to keep and bear "Arms"(,) = hunting rifle, fishing pole, bowie knife ...


there are two rights written into Article II as a distinction of the weaponry involved.

Fly fishing rods are arms? Airlines allow me to take them on board.

 

[Doc91678]

Or does it?

 

[NYcarbineer]

So, does the 2nd amendment not cover automatic weapons because there is an implied limitation on the degree of firepower a weapon can possess for it to fall under the protection of the 2nd amendment?

What?

Is there an implied limitation on the amount of words you can use under the First Amendment?

Why can't you buy automatic weapons like you buy semi-automatice weapons?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Isn't it true that automatic weapons manufactured after 1986 are banned?