I will give this guy’s article credit for one very important fact that even 2A defenders omit from their argument. The fact that throughout American history private citizens legally possessed weapons superior to our military. This even went as far in the early to mid 19th century to artillery as river flatboats often carried swivel cannon to defend against pirates, private forts, like Ft Bridger, possessed cannon, merchant ships routinely carried naval ordnance. In the early 20th century citizens, particularly in the West and Southwest possessed semi auto rifles like the Remington Model 8 and Winchester 1907. One can see bad guy Warren Oates using a Model 8 in Ride the High Country. When I first saw this flick in high school I thought it an egregious error. But director Sam Peckinpah knew his stuff.
I think this history of civilian ownershio should constantly be put forward as the norm, not as some modern day excess.
I believe Clyde, of Bonnie and Clyde, used a cut down BAR,
a full auto 30.06 rifle