Trump just passed the Bumpstock Ban that allows the ATF to redefine "Fire rate" which will allow any semi-automatic to be considered a "Machine gun". Every Semi-Auto is now on the plate for banning in the near future as the ATF now has been given the power to re-class any of them as "Machine Guns", if your firearm is semi-auto and is made after May 1986' then it has the possibility of being banned. This bill also gave way to the arbitrary banning of parts, accessories, and attachments for any reason...that was Backed both by the NRA and Trump. Red Flag Laws are another story, destroying Due Process and allowing anyone to have their Rights removed without evidence or trail.
The Second Amendment protects the First and with more and more infringements that target the average gun owner and not criminals it only points out that the Government is out for control over its population and not its best interest. Criminals dont spend thousands of dollars on new firearms, they dont buy high end 3d printers or cnc machines to machine/print out AR lowers, they dont spend hours and hundreds of dollars building their own guns, they dont spend $400 on bumpstocks and binary triggers. They steal firearms from family and friends, business's or get them from other gang members, usually pistols or older long rifles.
I find it insane that people push for gun control and say regulations and restrictions are lawful or even helpful. The Revolution was sparked off over gun control....2A was meant to be absolute, the people as armed as the state, and a "hands off" description to Government Officials....but they dont interpret it that way...our officials need to read the Federalist Papers and look into what the Founders thought and practiced. The supreme court should do the people a favor and do some research before signing anything that infringes a right of their citizenry. Government infringing on the only insurance policy the people have against Government is a Conflict of Interest...there shouldnt be any regulations as intended. The only people those regulations effect are the average citizen who has done nothing wrong, criminals dont follow the law and thats why after 130 years of increasing gun control and legislation/regulation/restrictions/taxing there has been no dramatic positive change. There is not a crime that you can commit with a firearm that is not a crime without the firearm, just about every gun law is unnecessary, if they want to punish criminals then penalties are whats called for....which would not effect those that obey the law.
In the USA where 400 million Firearms are in the Hands of 100 million Gun Owners (1/3 of the US Adult Population) you would think that there would be more than 12,600 Deaths by firearms per year (Excluding Suicides), especially when most household and daily use objects kill many more times the amount of people per year. Most of that 12,600 Deaths are from Gang Violence, Police Kills, and Accidental Deaths, less than a 3rd of those deaths are from Legal gun owners using them against others. That kind of percentage is insane when the media constantly floats "Gun Violence" (nonsensical term) so often. FBI Study on Firearms during Obama's Presidency
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/GUIC.PDF
Hammers, Fists, Knives, Chainsaws, Toothpicks, Cosmetics (Make-Up), Food, Cars, Alcohol, Smoking all kill many more people per year than all firearms combined and Doctors are the 3rd leading cause of Death in the USA (250K) but you don't see any of the movements the firearms industry sees to ban them or regulate/restrict them. Do you fear that you will perish getting a physical by your doctor? An intense rage and emotional outburst in terror if you have to get a checkup? Most likely not as there isn't nonstop negative media to strike fear into your heart telling you that doctors kill more people than almost anything else around you. Now imagine if the news/media reported every death by a doctors hand every day - all year long for 2+ decades. People would then have that immense fear for doctors. This is what's been done to firearms and firearm owners since the mid 70's and for what ever reason the average gun owner receives the blame for any one person's criminal actions.
What is also crazy is that people think police should have firearms and not civilians, they fear gun owners but studies have shown that firearm permit holders are 30% more law-abiding than the police.
Guns save 250K to 3 Million people per year in defensive use against violent crimes (Rape, Muggings, Robbery), many times not even firing a shot. Is there any other object that SAVES so many people per year? That takes such a small percentage of lives? That is as demonized as firearms? Now on to Mass Killings, these people are MURDERERS and murder is against the law, yet they are still doing it, they use all types of methods to commit these atrocious behaviors but when its not firearms its usually not reported by the media. The majority of these Mass Killings are done by those on the "Left", though the Media never presents that fact.
There have been 38 Mass Killings with Knives alone since 2006 and the average death count is much higher than the average death count of firearm-related Mass Killings. There are many more with Bombs (Already regulated heavily and Illegal to own without permits), cars, baseball bats, and other objects but when have you seen a report within the USA about these Mass Killings? There is a agenda and a narrative, there is no other reason for the selective reporting of information. They paint a picture on the media that certain guns are worse than others, preaching some are "military assault weapons" (false made up term). They say the AR15 is one of them but the AR15 is not inherently military and nor does it have select fire function. It is a tactical looking hunting rifle and has been used in just a handful of Mass Killings, most are committed by handguns and rifles that shoot no more than 5 rounds before reloading. The firearm isnt important, the persons intent, mental stability, and nature is, especially when every Mass Killing has a trend that can easily been seen if you look at the details. All Mass Murderers have been medicated with Psychotropic Medications, due to having mental instability issues. They (Mass Murders) go to areas with little resistance (Gun Free Zones) that are largely populated, this is why restricting the access of more people to firearms will only lead to more defenseless victims.
The Tyrants should all be hung for intentional deception of the people to get these people into power to force their own personal agendas onto the people...when its clear the people dont want it. This is disgusting behavior. When you try to become a Public Servant, you are supposed to REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO ELECT YOU and obey the Constitution, all officials should be Constitutionalists through and through- it should be a requirement.There should also be a protocol that evaluates and then removes them from their seat if they confess or show evidence they are against the Constitution or using their seat to implement their own agendas.
This is dangerous and treasonous, if the Supreme Courts "interpretations" will lead to change in how the Constitution is interpreted, while the interpretation is ever evolving, then the Constitution means nothing as the interpretations could say one thing and they can "interpret" whats written as something else and go from there. This is how the ATF has been criminalizing law abiding citizens since their conception and we've seen how dangerous that becomes (See: WACO and Ruby Ridge)
What the Founding Fathers practiced and what they wrote should be weighed and valued, not how people "interpret" it today as the new age views seem to be radically different than what the Founding Fathers practiced themselves, easily seen in the firearms sector for an example of what Im talking about. The Constitution and our Founding Fathers wanted us to be AS armed as the State, that we should have any bearable arms we could want, as a deterrent to tyranny. Civilians owned Warships fitted with explosive and multiple cannons, the Fathers contracted to build the first automatic rifle but couldn't afford it and they were doing it for the people. There were a slew of "advanced" firearms during the time: Puckle gun, Belton Flintlock, Chinese rocket arrows, Hand cannons, Chinese lever crossbow, Duckfoot pistol, German wheel-lock rifles, Rampart guns, Volley guns, Death battery, German axe pistols. They had rifles that carried a handful of rounds also like the Girandoni Rifle that held 22-25 shots. (Mag limit argument). To suggest that the same mentality that civilians couldn't own any small arms today and that the Constitution didn't cover them is preposterous, do you believe that they didn't envision that technology wouldn't advance? If you don't agree with these claims then Free Speech is also limited to goose-quill pen and an iron gall or carbon-based ink if that argument is consistent.
Politicians should actually READ the Constitution, and then the Federalist Papers and other readings by the Founding Fathers themselves. How can you swear an Oath to something you know nothing of? How can you protect or interpret it without reading it or understanding the writers views? The Constitution is not a "Living Document that ever changing" and its writings should be seen as simple, vague, and set in stone. This is the only way a Citizenry can be protected by the claws of any Government that looks to infringe in every manner they can.
2A should be Absolute as it was intended to be.