I agree with the idea of strengthening the 2nd amendment short of machine guns, armed felons, etc. And states will insist on certain restrictions regardless of what we recommend.
But people will definitely plant the following flags that states will bow to:
— Removing ‘F’ from the ATF. [If not something more strident.
— No tax on guns.
— No excessive fees for gun registration.
— Safeguards to prevent federal registration database.
— No tax on ammo.
BUT — we also need states to have the power to taint and remove anti-constitution justices, such as a number of ‘surpreme’ court justices:
Sotomayor joined with ‘Justices’ Stevens, Breyer, and Ginsburg when they dissented against gun rights in McDonald v Chicago. The Bill of Rights clearly states: “shall not be infringed”. The Founders’ intention is indisputable [regarding gun rights].
We can remove ‘for a well trained militia’ from the 2nd amendment and leave it more clear: “The right to bear arms shall not be federally infringed, shall not be taxed, and shall not result in any fees to gun owners by any government, and states will be strictly limited to how they regulate firearms according to the following manual xxx written by xxx.”
The manual would include:
“... machine guns, armed felons, etc. ...”
[States will hash that out regardless of what we suggest.]
The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to ensure that the people are armed as necessary to throw off tyranny—which is to say, as necessary to fight a modern army.
The prohibition against private ownership of fully automatic weapons is a gross breach of our God-given right to defend our lives and liberty.
Further, given that criminals obtain these weapons virtually without let or hindrance, these laws are useless even to public safety in peacetime.
Don’t forget what the Founding Fathers saw, when they looked at the Europe of their day: where the people are not armed, the people are afraid; where they are, the government is afraid.