"...Shall not be infringed" means JUST THAT. Before GCA '68, you got ALL your rights back after you got out of the pen (except the right to vote, IIRC). It was GCA '68 that kept felons from getting gun rights back. There's no good reason for that. Once someone has served their entire sentence they still have their basic rights, INCLUDING the right to self-defense. If you can't trust them not to be criminals, KEEP THEM LOCKED UP until they learn better. No parole, no probation for violent crimes, OK? ELIMINATE ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL Victim disarmament laws (which means ALL of them, at ALL levels). RKBA is UNCONDITIONAL excepting ONLY when you are actually serving your time for your crime. That can be the ONLY condition that meets Constitutional muster.
The only POSSIBLE issue that the States (NOT FedGov) can pursue is the improper USE of a weapon, no matter what it is. Ownership and possession of ANY weapon (excepting, IMO, nukes and chemical/biological weapons) is covered by the Second.
So tanks and howitzers are okay?
"The only POSSIBLE issue that the States (NOT FedGov) can pursue is the improper USE of a weapon, no matter what it is. Ownership and possession of ANY weapon (excepting, IMO, nukes and chemical/biological weapons) is covered by the Second."
Why aren't nukes and chemical/biological weapons covered by the Second?