Quote Originally Posted by know1 View Post
Our "arms" don't mean anything any more, though.

Back when that was written, the average citizen could bear arms that were at least mildly equivalent to what the government had.

Not any more. If the spirit of that amendment were still truly in place we'd all be able to legally have tanks, missiles and bombs.
Thats taking that a bit far don't you think? The fact that I can have firearms in my house or on my person means alot. Look at the countries that don't allow that or had that right taken away. They miss it...the bafoons running their country don't but I would guess alot of the citizens do.

Besides tanks get terrible gas mileage and are hard to get parts for.