Case back to the Supreme court.
Well, we needed a machinegun case to test Heller. While we want the perfect case, this is what we have.
I know that Heller makes comments about "common arms". Well, I think the definition of "common" may have evolved.
Well, lets look at the last armed conflict.
Some sides used bolt action rifles(Japan and Germany), we used semi auto M1garands as standard arms.
The United States had the homeguard which civilians with private arms helped patrol the country, especially the coasts. If we didn't have the homeguard, less resources would be available for the war effort.
It is interesting that American civilians donated arms so that British citizens could have guns to fight off a potential German invasion.
Where was the gun ban crowd during world war 2?
Toward the end of world war two, the Germans developed the first assault rifles and found they were very effective, they were just too late.
The Russians however developed the assault rifle and we now have 50 million AK47's worldwide. Seems gun is well suited for militia purposes.
The M14 was developed from the M1, of course the big mod was a detachable mag and selective fire.
Of course the US Army modified and issued M2 carbines. I guess select fire was very useful in Korea. Only problem was running out of ammo during Human wave attacks.
Where am I going. In 1934, full auto was not a common or standard military arm. Most Armies still had bolt action rifles.
Today, the only military bolt actions are sniper rifles. The rest are all selctive fire weapons.
The armed American population was a major factor per documents from the Japanese as to why they didn't invade our country during WW2.
This would show that a armed population is a major national security asset.
To prohibit the militia to be armed with modern weapons is to jeopardize the security of the country.
Certainly security of our country is a significantly more compelling need than making a few people feel good.
We have a 50 year track record of non problems with full automatic firearms, especially among those that are legally registered.
My these cases are getting interesting. It is to bad Mr Olofson is in Club Fed.
