[Cultural Jihad]

The answer is so that people can keep their government at bay.

We should allow assualt weapons, and then shut down the seditious militia nutcase organizations who spout off such nonsense as you have.

[Fred Mertz]

It's spelled assault.

And you should crawl back under your rock.

[Jesse]

So you think the second amendment is really meant to protect duck hunting?????

[Mini-14]

"We should allow assualt weapons, and then shut down the seditious militia nutcase organizations who spout off such nonsense as you have."

The British tried to shut downt the "seditios militia nutcase organizations", but they weren't very successful, were they?

[Nucluside]

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, AS A LAST RESORT (emphasis mine), to protect themselves against tyranny in government"-Thomas Jefferson

I also suggest you read the Federalist Papers and what Madison had to say about weapons and rights. I resent you calling our Founding Fathers nut cases.