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Call me a nutcase, but as I read the 2nd Amendment, our right to keep and bear arms "shall not be infringed". Background reading proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the purpose of this is so that the people will be able to successfully defeat a tyrannical government with force. How is the freedom to own a cruise missile inconsistent with this? Yes it COULD be used to inflict great harm on innocent people. Shall we also prohibit farmers from keeping significant quantities of ammonium nitrate, which can be mixed with the tank of heating oil at their home to create a powerful bomb?

White knuckled reliance on the Constitution is not the solution to all our problems. 225 years ago the founders had no concept of jet airliners packed with people or smart weapons that could be used against them. Or that there would be people who would want to use those weapons. If you are so far gone in your Second Amendment obsession that you can't understand this logic (or if your natural response is "why don't we outlaw boxcutter???") I really don't feel like wasting my time explaining it to you. It is simple common sense, and it can only rarely be hammered into the fanatics.