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DK, your reasoning is circular. Like all rights in the bill of rights, the Second Amendment doesn't create or confer a right but rathern assumes the right is already in existence and prohibits the govt from infringing it. That tells you precisely zero about what the scope of the right is, only that you have it. The scope of the right - what its outer boundaries are - gets defined through custom, practice, legislation and case law. You are assuming as a premise that the scope of the right is what you think it is - that's why you think this is a bad decision. But you can't assume the conclusion, DK.

FWIW, I never have even tried to own a gun. I have gotten some training and been at shooting ranges but never sought to have one. To some extent it's because I live in NYC and the gun laws are very very strict - basically you need a good reason to be permitted to own a gun - and I never wanted it enough to be willing to go through what you need to go through to get a gun. However, it pissed me off that even though I'm about as plain vanilla a citizen as they come - pays his taxes, not deep in debt, not addicted to any substance, no criminal record, owns his home (well, the bank does, but you get the idea) - I still couldn't get a gun without having to show some good reason and get some bureaucrat's approval. It wasn't that I needed one or (most times) wanted one, but it annoyed me that if I did I still couldn't get one. But then, I generally bristle at infringements on my liberties...........