I wonder how quickly I would get banned if I called conservatives names? Hmm...
Anywho, back in moderate land, I dont think the founding fathers were mystics. I dont think they could see the future, and they knew they couldnt. I dont see what the problem is with the way things are now (save some caveats). You can still get a lot of the weapons the government can (how you go about it can be where the nit picky stuff comes in). Law abiding citizens can generally still get weapons. I dont know much about class 3, but last I knew it was a $200 tax on a silencer. Its a chunk of change, but I dont know if you guys know this or not...but guns can get expensive quickly.
On the other hand, the 2nd amendment explicitly says right to bear arms. It doesn't say, selective right to bear arms. If people wanted to be anal, it doesn't say everything the government has. I don't buy in to that type of thinking, I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
So my opinion, a little regulation is fine. If it's still possible, and probable (thats the real problem but thats another topic) for people to get weapons then its fine by me. However, I think this guy will take it too far since he seems shady. I just wanted to stir things up and see how many times I get called "libtard" for being moderate...
So what in the phrase, "shall not be infringed" is unclear to you. You seem to be happy with the prospect of dumping our written Constitution and relying upon the good will of the Justices on SCOTUS. No thank you. A dictatorship of the Judiciary is still a dictatorship. If you read much of what the Founders wrote (which I assume is zero since you apparently don't think they were all that special) you would know that this facade of the 2nd Amendment having to do only with self protection is BS. Our Founders felt it was important that the people should be able to compete with troops that might be used to enslave us. They weren't big on the idea of a standing army anyway. They wanted us to have the ability to throw off our government if it became destructive of our rights and liberties. So if that is the case, do you really think they intended to limit us to muzzleloaders?