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Originally Posted by ChamberedRound
... We shouldn't need to be popular, or hold the majority, to have our rights protected; that's a founding principle of our government.
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I don't disagree, and I would love a definition of the second amendment that included machine guns. But the courts are going to place boundaries on that right, like they do with all others. As Gura mentioned, the federal courts, along with most of the population, are significantly opposed to the idea that the second amendment protects someone's right to own a machine gun. The courts are going to draw some line at which an arm is considered unprotected, and Gura suggests they are going to draw it at machine guns. Sucks, but what else are you gonna do?