"Sniper rifles" like the dragunov/svd were out, as were RPGs etc, but every household could have a fully automatic weapon for home protection. Mostly if they had "a couple," "we" didn't really care......at least the guys I was out with didn't. Who gives a turkey that Mo has 2-3 AKs in his closest? Most of us wished we could have the "real" ones back home too.
I was on an op one time and the guy asked to leave the house and go next door to his brother's house because he feared that his own house would be attacked because of our presence.....moments before he left the house he told us where he had another AK and several mags stashed and told us we would probably need them if attacked.
This was in a war torn country, without an enumerated right to bear arms, where we were facing a deadly insurgency and enemy and foe look alike and live amongst one another.....in which 4k U.S. service members lost their lives.
Now, ask yourself this - What is so scary to "them" about the American people having semi-autos in the U.S. - but not the populace, with embedded enemy fighters, having full-autos in a war zone?
When you answer that, revisit why anyone here would "need" an "assault rifle."
Put another way - Aside from the 2A explicitly stating "arms" I will also give you this......I don't have a fire extinguisher because I'm looking for a fire to break out in my home, I have it in case it does. I may not "need" it at this moment today, but I might tomorrow. Likewise, I don't have "assault weapons" because I'm looking for a revolution or pandemic chaos to break out in my country, but I have them in case it does. I may not "need" them at this moment today, but I might tomorrow.
Likewise, I don’t “need” my auto insurance today — well, yeah, I do, because I own and operate a motor vehicle and it’s required by law — but if it were not for that, I wouldn’t “need” it today. Heaven forbid, if I got into an accident tomorrow, I would, but I don’t “need” it now.
Thanks for your replay, and thank you for your service.