[Ken H]

As a state, would you accept some military historian telling you what you may have in the way of weaponry?

Sure, if he were my expert witness.

[smoketree]

Don't let paulsen try to change the focus.
What a state can and cannot use to equip it's forces is not the issue.
What private citizens can or cannot own is the issue as guaranteed by the 2d amendment to not be infringed by any laws.

[robertpaulsen]

"Sure, if he were my expert witness"

Who's "my"? The prosecutor? The defense atorney? The defendant?

And that testimony would then apply to the militia of all 48 states?