Then, United States vs. Miller held that a sawed-off shotgun was subject to registration because there was no evidence before the court that it had a military use. This opinion suggests that any demonstrably military weapon should enjoy the protection of the Second Amendment.
The weapons that the 2nd Amendment was written about were the state of the art of their time. There were weapons at the time of the writing of the 2nd Amendment that would easily have been the equivalent of "sawed-off" shotguns and considered "trench sweeper"s or blunder-busters.
There are no words to overemphasize my amazement that ANYONE cannot understand that our 2nd Amendment means that the right to bear arms "shall not be infringed". If there is any uncertainty about it, read below:
Main Entry: infringe
Part of Speech: verb Definition: violate
Synonyms: borrow, breach, break, butt in, chisel in, contravene, crash, crib, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, infract, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, muscle in, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass
I truly believe that if I wanted to have a Abrams M1 tank sitting at ready on my property - no one - government official - or not has any right to infringe upon my Constitutional right to have it.