“It will be very telling if a case comes before the USSC with that set of facts as the argument as to why normal law-abiding people should be able to own full auto machine guns, for instance.”
Normal, law-abiding people *are* able to own full auto machine guns. Every time I go to a gun show I pass a table or two with everything from Mac-10s to MP-40s to pintel mounted 50s.
How do you think it would go over if pamphlets describing the availability of abortions were treated in the same way? 10 fingerprints, permission of the local police chief, background check, $200 tax on transfer, possession of which without any of the above is a felony and conviction of this permanently revokes your right to ever own one again? Sure, the freedom of the press would be fully protected, with some “Reasonable” restrictions.