[Dead Corpse]

While in Boot Camp at MCRD San Diego, we were taught that ANYTHING can be a weapon. Bare hands, a pencil, a rock, a sharpened stick, soda can, a sock,... any thing. We even had manuals on improvised weapons. All services touch on this subject from what I've heard from folks who went through training in other Branches.

As a "militiamen" who may some day have to fight not only invaders, but possibly ones own government, ANY weapon that could be used to do so is fair game. A nail file, a zip gun, an M-134D mini-gun, a Howitzer 105mm.

To say that "government" may define what is and is not a "militia" weapon could have us fighting our own government with little more than squirt guns and harsh language.

Most definitely NOT what the Founders intended.

[robertpaulsen]

"To say that "government" may define what is and is not a "militia" weapon"

The state would decide, not the federal government. If your state Militia used soda cans as weapons, and if Congress banned soda cans, your state could contest that as a second amendment infringement.