[umgud]

The 2a clearly was intended to cover small arms. Take away the 50BMG, then the .338 Lapua will suddenly be too powerful. Pretty soon, we'll find the only acceptable weapons are black powder rifles.

[William Tell]

umgud said: "The 2a clearly was intended to cover small arms. "

The Second Amendment clearly was intended to cover "arms", not just small arms. If it meant only a sub-class of arms, our Founders could have said so.