[vincentfreeman]

"Clearly, if it is legal for New York to pass a law prohibiting .50 caliber machine guns, there can be only one conclusion consistent with the Constitution, and that is that the inhabitants of New York are not really people."

There could be a second conclusion - that the second amendment only limits federal laws not state laws.

[MileHi]

Paulsen, where have you been?

[Technogeeb]

There could be a second conclusion - that the second amendment only limits federal laws not state laws.

If that was the case, the amendment would say something like "Congress shall make no law..." instead of the blanket prohibition against infringement.