[verity]

"Mr. Hamblen averred that he and the soldiers under his command qualified as a militia and thus were authorized to own military grade automatic weapons."

I was sympathetic until I read this.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Anything that strengthens individual rights over the collectivist government is good. The government MUST fear the people.

[calex59]

"Mr. Hamblen averred that he and the soldiers under his command qualified as a militia and thus were authorized to own military grade automatic weapons." I was sympathetic until I read this.

Yep, he fell back on the liberals intepretation of the 2nd as being a collective right that only applies to militia and trying to define the National Guard as Militia when it clearly is not. Plus there is no collective right but an individual right to bear arms.

[zeugma]

I was sympathetic until I read this.

Yeah. I pretty much agree with you there.

He should have simply argued that they were 'arms' and that's specifically what the 2nd protects.

I'd also mention the fact that unless we, as citizens can own superior weaponry, then Letters of Marque would make no sense from a Constitutional standpoint.