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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Maybe. But I don't think the Right to Bear Arms has to be interpreted as all inclusive. What arms to we have the right to bear? If we are allowed to bear long guns and shot guns but not hand guns how is our right being denied?
I know there are those who will argue it is, but I don't think the amendment itself is set up to protect the right to bear any armament you please.
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But because the right to bear arms isn't clearly defined, and any attempt to change or define the right to bear arms will be heavily scrutized by the Supreme Court its a dead issue.
Basically the closest that they came was saying that the arms had to be reasonable in terms of the aims of a militia being able to be well armed, which of course has shifted from muskets and rat rifles to modern day battlefield style weapons.
there's no hand brake on the 2nd amendment and attempting to change that will never happen unless you bring in a dictatorship that's willing to disband the protective elements within the US government to push through the change ie supreme court and the houses.