[Right_Wing_Madman]

My thought is we live as the 2nd amendment is written. No permits required. Stop the crap.

Exactly. The "right of the people to keep and bear Arms" is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, not a right given to the people by the U.S. Congress.

[rktman]

Zak Lee!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: right of the people to keep and bear Arms ::

Is there not, within that statement, an implication that the arms I keep and bear can be of equal utility as those arms that can be “beared” against me?
If my enemies, foreign and domestic, have war-level weapons (automatic, large bore, exploding load, etc.), aren’t I allowed these same weapons?
Never bring a pew-pew to an RPG fight.

[Dead Corpse]

Agreed...

"The corollary, from the first position, is, that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the people.

Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretence by a state legislature.

But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both."

William Rawle - A View of the US Constitution 1829