However, I will remind you that the founding fathers possessed weapons that could, but the best infantry in the world at the time (the British) only be fired between 3 and 5 times a minute. Do you know what the modern automatic machine gun can do. Times change Mr. Quammen, and with them the rules and yes rights too must also change. The founding fathers ment to protect the people from their creation (the federal government) not set them as prey to their fellow citizens.Just a guess, but I'd say Jori S. Byrne-Diakun (who's "not a she") picked the wrong guy to give a lesson in founding intent to...
And yeah, Jori, I'd say we have a fair understanding of "modern automatic machine guns," at least to know we haven't been able to (legally) get 'em since '86, that they were never part of the '94 federal ban, and that the only people who suggest they are used for hunting are those who don't know any better and those who wish to exploit that ignorance.