I am so sick of this “civilians have no right to military style weapons.” The US vs Miller case did state that the government could “ban” a certain type of weapon. However, the reason for the ban is that a short barrel shotgun has “no military value” and thus could be banned. Thus, what the government and the media are not telling anyone is that the “weapons” that are guaranteed citizens are to be allowed to have to “Keep and bear” are MILITARY TYPE WEAPONS that are to be owned as “members of the unregulated militia, that is every male between the ages of sixteen and Fifty. In short, the AR-15 and any so-called “assault rifles” that everyone is trying to ban is precisely the type of weapon that is “protected” by both the second amendment and the Supreme Court “Miller” decision. We are being governed by, and “informed” by idiots and liars. and that AG’s actions are unconstitutional and illegal. Period.
What US v. Miller said was that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was not unconstitutional. And instead of “the government”, it said that the executive branch (via the ATF) can ban weapons of certain types, which is actually unconstitutional, since the right to keep and bear arms is granted to the people, not the militia per se (which Richard Henry Lee said is “in fact, the people themselves”); and the decision focused on Congress’ role in “calling forth the militia” in Article 1 Section 8, a power not granted to the executive either way.