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“Someone named “PreciousLiberty” should have a little more concern for the right to keep and bear arms ...”

I have plenty of concern for the 2nd Amendment...

“What part of “shall not be infringed” do you find difficult to understand?”

Like other Constitutional rights, the right to “keep and bear arms” is not unconditional. One example is that the right to free speech doesn’t allow someone to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater. It’s simply a matter of deciding where to draw the line, doing the most good and the least harm. Or is it that you support private citizens owning mortars, howitzers, rocket launchers, warplanes and nuclear weapons...?

Since the primary utility of automatic weapons is mowing down a crowd or forcing adversaries to keep their head down (see my earlier post), I don’t see a need for them to be readily available. If things transition to a civil war, folks with currently legal weapons will be able to relatively easily acquire anything the other side is using.

Personally, I’d rather not see Larry Brin (or whoever happens to be your least favorite leftist) with his own personal missile silos...

One example is that the right to free speech doesn’t allow someone to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater.

That again ...

I'd say you have a positive OBLIGATION to yell "Fire" (and pull the fire alarm) in a crowded theatre if there actually is a fire.

Or is it that you support private citizens owning mortars, howitzers, rocket launchers, warplanes and nuclear weapons...?

That again ...

The simple answer is "yes".

Since the primary utility of automatic weapons is mowing down a crowd or forcing adversaries to keep their head down (see my earlier post),

And your point is ...

You fail to understand that the Second Amendment isn't about target shooting, or hunting, or personal self defense. It's explicitly ("security of a FREE state") about KILLING TYRANTS. Keeping and bearing military weapons is absolutely protected by 2A.

When the Constitution was ratified most of the warships and cannon were privately owned.

I know a man who owns 5. One of them he fires a few times every Sunday morning. On the 4th of July he breaks out his belt feds. He’s got a gorgeous 1919 Browning air cooled that’s a hoot to shoot.