A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The US Supreme Court, according to the constitution, is the only one that can rule on the constitutionality of anything. If you believe in the constitution, you must subordinate your opinion to that given by the court. The court has ruled that the “Militia” refers to an armed civilian population. The Congress has the responsibility to keep it “well regulated”.
The government has the responsibility to deny private citizens’ ownership of atom bombs, surface to air missiles, grenades, rocket propelled or not, F14 fighter, etc.
The original weapons of human kind are sticks and stones. Somewhere between sticks and Atom Bombs is the line between what the militia, US citizens, must be allowed and what the government must constitutionally restrict. To deny this is to deny America.
If the government, by majority vote, passes a ban on hand guns or a ban on assault weapons, or any other weapon, anyone disagreeing with that law, no matter how small a minority opinion that may be, has the right to request the US Supreme Court examine that law.
If the court rules the ban constitutional then I must abide by that law. To do otherwise is to risk forfeit of all the freedoms the constitution guarantees. If the court rules the ban unconstitutional, regardless of public opinion, I will keep that weapon if I choose.
This rule of law is what makes America what it is. You gotta love it.
Angus Croix 