I think this is quite ridiculous. Our founders intended us to be armed with guns that could be used against foreign and domestic armies. To deny us the ownership of "assault weapons" is to destroy the intent behind the 2nd Amendment.
Thomas Jefferson
"The governor is constitutionally the commander of the militia of the State, that is to say, of every man in it able to bear arms."
"No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
Richard Henry Lee
"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms."
Noah Webster
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States"
George Washington
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence ... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . the very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good"
George Mason
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for few public officials."
Alexander Hamilton
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
James Burgh
"No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion."
Thomas Jefferson
"The governor is constitutionally the commander of the militia of the State, that is to say, of every man in it able to bear arms."
"No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
Richard Henry Lee
"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms."
Noah Webster
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States"
George Washington
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence ... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . the very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good"
George Mason
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for few public officials."
Alexander Hamilton
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
James Burgh
"No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion."