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Originally Posted by MattyC
Is it not relatable insofar as to the "regulated militia" and it's needs to protect citizens from the government when the government has thousands of them? If that truly is the goal of the 2nd amendment, then citizens should have access to all weapons that the government does, including tanks, jets, and nukes.
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Fair enough, but the government for example can prohibit the distribution of that technology and the materials needed for production. Plus I doubt that most buck toothed militia morons have several billion dollars to develop their own Manhattan project.
Like I've said though in the past, the easiest way to enact gun control is for the government to set price controls on bullets. You can still buy them, you're right to own them is protected, but each bullet costs $50,000.00
Seriously though, its easier for the government to prohibit the sale of jet fighters and tanks to militia's and they don't need to bother because of costs, but and this is funny, there are lots of stories of people in the states who have purchased Russian fighters and tanks with deactivated weapons systems, and nobody is talking about the fact that there are dozens of millionaires who have these weapons, and could form their own airforce.
Frankly, the problem in the States is with the lobby system and specifically the NRA, you're never going to see the change to the constitution in terms of gun control because they will spend all of their resources on lobbying to weaken the change at the very least or spending the money to fight to the supreme court because the law in on their side.
The route to gun control is honestly with tougher federal laws in terms of gun crimes.