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Ghost of a Rider, post: 19418119on't be ridiculous. 1.) There is no militia until the government calls for one. If they do, those who are willing volunteer.
(1) I'm not being rediculous. Assault rifle advocates here have declared themselves to be, at present, in the phony, fake, make-believe, Amendment Two Militia and cite that duty, as their necessity to play with military looking assault rifles.
I appreciate your response. Dont get much thoughtful replies from other assault rifle defenders. However, your argument is a very weak justification for the current legalized status of manufacturing and sale of assault rifles That is because you just wrote 'There is no militia until the government calls for one" which I must assume you mean the Federal Governnent and its massive apparatus of standing Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and domestic law enforcement.
Under your militia scenario, if we apply the current polling where two thirds of US citizens want assault rifles banned, there apparently is no reason not to ban them. Do you agree. If not why not.
For the sake of discussion, let's keep sticking strictly to the Second Amendment language calling for a well regulated militia. The assault rifle ban, most Americans want, fits very well under that language and your interpretation that the Federal Government is the regulator.
All of this was asked and answered in posts #266 and #276