I suppose I should go ahead and buy a couple pounds of C-4 while it's still available. I'll go ahead and pick-up a few of those M-60's while I'm at it.
I'm feelin' kinda in the mood for killin' some anti-my-state types. C'mon RP, let's go kill us some MOONRATS!
As part of the citizen militia envisioned by the Founders, no problem. By the way, what's the name of your superior officer?
Well, we both know that the citizen militia has gone the way of the buggy whip -- they were ineffectual during the War of 1812 and disbanded shortly thereafter in favor of a standing military.
Which leaves a dilemma -- if the individual ownership of a weapon is protected as part of a militia, but the individual is not part of a militia (since the militia no longer exists), what right is the second amendment protecting?
This was pointed out by the court in Silveira v. Lockyer -- since the plaintiffs were not part of a militia, they lacked standing to assert a second amendment claim.