I think the point here is that the 2nd amendment left no room for debate.
“Nothing shall infringe”
What’s left to debate? Frankly, I’m against banning automatic weapons too. The framers surely couldn’t foresee that the USG would have better technology than the average guy.
Well, as I reread, “Nothing shall infringe”, I think that maybe they did, and that banning automatic weapons was the first tread upon the slippery slope.
Now 2A is gaining speed as it goes off the cliff.
Perhaps that’s the point of everyone’s anger at these ‘statesmen’.
Personally I am inclined to think that anything the government has should be available to the citizenry.
However, every once in a while I think it is important to get the supporters and the opponents of the Constitution on the record. This debate can do that.