A federal judge has ruled that the Second Amendment does not protect a citizen’s right to own an AR-15 rifle and other, similar semi-automatic “military style” rifles and high capacity magazines. “AR-15s and [large capacity magazines] are most useful in military service, they are beyond the scope of the Second Amendment ... and may be banned,” Massachusetts District Court Judge William Young wrote in his ruling.
More info in the article;
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gun-control-second-amendment-ar-15-not-protected-assault-rifles-massachusetts-a8294186.html
My Thoughts On This News
This really is not surprising, the reason the gun lobby constantly screams and shouts about the second amendment is money, it is all about the gun manufacturers being able to sell as many guns as possible. Think about when the second amendment was written, the most modern gun was a musket which could fire 1 shot and took about 2 minutes to reload. The people who wrote the second amendment had no clue what type of technology and guns there would be in the future. If people really had the ability to defend themselves with whatever weapons they wish than they could buy tanks, rocket launchers, etc... but we already have laws against that. Why does the gun lobby not scream and shout about letting people buy rocket launchers... It all comes down to making a democratic decision as a society, do we want to live in a society where people can buy whatever weapons they wish without restrictions or do we want to draw a line somewhere. It is really simple math, you want less gun deaths than the number of guns that are sold has to be decreased...