I don't think the Founding Fathers intended to let Joe Average have access to Weapons of Mass Destruction; back then the most damage a person could do was shoot one person at a time. As times change so does the need for revised laws. And it's at that point that our problems arise.
It all depends on how you interpret the 2nd Amendment. I personally feel that citizens should be prevented from owning explosives and weapons that incorporate explosives (such as rocket launchers), and restricted (requiring registration) from owning automatic weapons. Everything else should be permitted included short-barrel shotguns, silencers, pistols, and anything else that is neither explosive or fully automatic in nautre.
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