Beware court rulings. The last hundred years has seen some real stinkers as far as contorted logic in judicial opinion is concerned. They have pretty much tossed the Founders warnings about revisiting the ideology at the Construction of our Nation, for interpretation, right out the window.
That is how we ended up with things like California's gun ban and abortion "rights".
That's all I was asking, and I agree.
If you are going to chase a rabbit and ask why States ban certain weapons, then I suggest you pay particular attention to the rulings of the SCOTUS on the Emerson case. The 5th Circuit Court agreed that the 2A protects an individual's RKBA. The 12th Circuit Court ruled exactly the opposite. It will be up to the SCOTUS to resolve the conflict.
USSC ducked and let a bad ruling stand.
Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 1/24/03 | AP
Posted on 01/26/2003 10:07:46 AM CST by FSPress
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A man was sentenced Friday to 2½ years in prison for owning guns while under a protective order -- a limitation on gun rights that an appeals court held was constitutionally acceptable.
The U.S. Supreme Court last June declined to hear arguments that Timothy Emerson should have been allowed to keep his guns under the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."
Dateline: 06/10/02
"Justices today declined without comment or dissent to consider two cases involving the Justice Department's recently stated policy that the Constitution's Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies to individuals, not just the state militias."
"The cases rejected by the Supreme Court are Emerson v. United States, and Haney v. United States."
--usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa061002a.htm
(On December 1, 2003, the USSC also rejected Silveira v. Lockyer)