For your information, the intention of the founding fathers when framing the Second Amendment was that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" referred specifically to military firearms. They had just gone through an armed revolution, remember?
Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to own a sawed-off shotgun could be infringed precisely because, according to the government, a sawed-off shotgun had no military use.
This demonstrates just how little the SC knows about guns and war. The 12gauge was a highly effective weapon when on "search and destroy" in Vietnam.
I agree with you, but where do you draw the line? In Iraq and Afghanistan there are children who own and know how to operate 20 year old Russian RPGs. I invite anyone to go to Afghanistan, where every male over age 10 has a Kalashnikov. And over there, an armed society ain't exactly a polite society.
Actually, the Supreme Court did not find as a matter of fact that a sawed-off shotgun did not have any military use, but rather ruled that, to claim a Second-Amendment defense, the defendants would have to prove that it did. The government decided to offer a plea-bargain for time served to the only surviving co-defendant rather than pursue its case.
Can anyone identify any other cases the government has "won" at the Supreme Court level and then dropped?