Ok. I'm a newbie here, and I don't want to step on toes or appear to be trolling. HOWEVER;
I, and every other person, have an unalienable, Human, Civil right, to defend our Lives and Liberties by any means needed. This is not a right "granted" by a piece of paper or a FedGov fiat or decree; this is a right which we all posess by virtue of simply being Human.
This means, IMO, that any restriction on the type, configuration, number, calibre, firing rate, or appearance of our weapons of choise is morally wrong. Any suppression of an individual's ability to exercise this right is, similarly, wrong.
Just as it is our right to speak our minds, love whom we will, petition for redress of greivance, to be tried openly and by our peers, it is our right, everyone's right, to posess whatever Arms we chose for the defense of our Lives and Liberties.
Some will say that the 2nd Amendment references only the National Gaurd. Why, then, does the Militia Act define the Militia as all persons eligible for military service? Why, then, does it specifically say that there is a branch of the Militia SEPERATE from the Nat'l Gaurd? Why, then, did the National Gaurd only come into existance in 1913, hundreds of years after the 2nd Amendment and Militia Act were passed?
Because, as Madison said, the Militia is "the whole body of the People." Jefferson warned us at great length against ever allowing ourselves to be disarmed, to any degree, by any person or means.
Some will mention the phrase "well regulated." They point to this and say "they meant for the State to regulate the Militia! To control it!"
Wrong again. In the parlance of the 1790s, "regulated" meant "properly functioning" not 'controlled.' If you take a clock to your clockmaker and ask him to "regulate" it, you are asking him to make certain that it keeps time accurately. Similarly, if you take a rifle to a gunsmith and request that it be "Regulated," the gunsmith will test and, if needed, modify the rifle to ensure that it functions properly with the desired charge and projectile weight. "Well regulated" does NOT refer to Govornment control, it refers to the Militia ( as defined by the Militia Act ) being in proper order and ready to deploy as needed.
Do you ask me to believe that when the 1st, 3rd-8th Amendments say "The People" they mean you, me, and Joe Sixpack, but when the 2nd Amendment says "The People" what it -really- means is "The States?"
Please do not insult my intelligence, or that of the men who wrote the documents I cite; men much wiser than I.