Originally Posted by Jinn

That's pretty clear.

As for "flying in the face of what most gun proponents claim" you're also irrevocably wrong. No reasonable gun owner believes that it is "a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."

I don't think that recently convicted felons should own firearms. I don't think that mentally ill individuals should own firearms. I don't think that firearms should be allowed in federal buildings. I don't think that fully automatic weapons should be available to anyone but an active-duty military personnel.

Any reasonable gun owner knows that it should be subject to some regulation.