A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

I recently was reading some interesting background on the 2nd amendment, and I wish I had the source to include here - if I can locate it, I'll add it. It was a critical analysis, and I don't think it was by one of the extreme right wing groups either, but the conclusion might seem to fall in that camp. The upshot is that we, the people, are the militia, and a primary purpose of the public bearing individual private arms is so that the government, with its army, will always be the lesser militia, and less likely to become a facist state, I presume.

What I found so interesting was the conclusion that there could be no government imposed limit on this right. The logical extension of the argument, if not the analysis, is that my right to keep and bear arms extends not only to assault rifles, but would include automatic machine guns, rocket propelled grenade launchers, and even a small nuclear weapon if I could keep one in my home.

What'd'ya think? Is there a limit to second amendment freedom? If so, what is it and why, within the context of the meaning of the Constitution.

It's getting slow in here since the election, so I had to ask somebody.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.