"2. Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed
weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms
in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms. Miller’s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those
“in common use at the time” finds support in the historical tradition
of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.
Pp. 54–56."
That emboldened phrase says nothing about
possessing or owning dangerous or unusual weapons. It only mentions
carrying.That could be a hole in the line that can be exploited at some point down the road. But for now, we must live with the Heller situation. Though we'd all like to go back to the founding era where the majority of folks were very comfortable with and around firearms, that is not the case today. As the Wicked Witch of the West stated, regarding how to kill Dorothy to get the ruby slippers, "These things must be done delicately".
Heller was never intended to be the last minute shot that ended the game in favor of our side. We've been in this battle since 1934, and the battle rages on. We took a very strategic hill when the USSC decided in Heller that the 2nd Amendment protects an individual vs. collective right to keep and bear arms. We still have lots of battles to fight, lots of ground to fight for, and many hills to take. We can't let our determination get swamped by losses. They will happen. We have to continue to fight. And quit giving up on the NRA just because they do something once in a while that upsets you. Cripes, my wife upsets me once in a while. That doesn't mean I quit funding her. The benefits of meeting her desires and helping to fund them typically far outweigh any pain in meeting and funding those desires.
The NRA is our friend. They are Pattons tank corps. We need them and all of the other groups which help champion our RKBA. They need money to help us fight battles. Like any army, they may not do everything just the way we would like to see it done, but they are the most powerful force on the battlefield and we need them. We need GOA, SAF, CCRKBA, and many other groups as well.
If these groups send you mail you don't want or didn't ask for, recycle it, pitch it, or use it to start a campfire. Don't agonize over it. Cripes, we have bigger issues than getting some unsolicited mail in our box once or twice a month. When we are that weak and petty, it's no wonder we've lost battles to the gun grabbers. The gun grabbers somehow stay committed and united, where we are always infighting and airing our dirty laundry.
Aragorn (from Lord of the Rings): "There may come a day when the courage of men fails; when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day!......"