[CaptainCrunch]

It was interesting I just looked it up, and I'm not a lawyer.

in 1939 the amendment wording was changed to allow the US government to limit the type of firearms, in United States vs Miller the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government and the states could limit any weapon types not having a “reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia”

So while you can limit the type of arms, I think any lawyer would be able to argue that a hand gun, or machine gun or whatever is a reasonable relations to preserve. What it would probably limit would be things like long range offensive weapons, so no artillery and nuclear weapons for your militia.

in 2008 the supreme court upheld the second amendment protects the right for the individual citizen to own and carry firearms, and in 2010 they clarified it to ensure that this was not only a protection at the federal level but at the state level as well which closed a loop hole potentially where the State could limit access to fire arms for the individual.