A gun in practically every home, and guess what? Crime is about non-existent."
The standard weapon for a crime is a pistol and not a rifle. The SIG SG 550 is an assault rifle.
By the way, why can't I buy an anti-aircraft gun, an automatic gun or an RMK 30 to protect my home? Aren't these arms also?
What are you suggesting?
The standard weapon for protecting oneself against a crime is a pistol and not a rifle.
So? Swiss militia officers and some NCOs as well as some others are issued with handguns.
But then again, Chuckles and "Conflict of Interest" Fienswine (and The Impeached One) always asserted that semi-auto versions of assault rifles were massively associated with crime and criminals. Surely you don't mean to suggest that two US Senators lied through their teeth... do you? :).
A Good Question. And yes they are arms, well within the meaning of the term in the second amendment. Up until 1934, you could own such weapons with no "mother may I" nor confiscatory tax. When the second amendment was written, individuals owned cannon and ships armed with them.
The power of Congress to grant letters of Marque would not be of much utility, if private citizens could not own and operate cannon armed ships.