[robertpaulsen]

"there seems to be no enforcement of that prohibition on the federal government as well.."

The federal government has never been challenged on second amendment grounds -- hence, no enforcement.

The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, for example, was challenged in federal court in 1995 by Navegar Inc. (TEC-DC9 and TEC-22) and Penn Arms Inc. (Strike 12) as a violation of Congress' Commerce Clause authority, not as a violation of the second amendment.

[tpaine]

The federal government has never been challenged on second amendment grounds -- hence, no enforcement.
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Bull. Such challenges have been made, but the USSC has refused to hear them.