But that's not for government to decide. Not for anyone who values EITHER religious freedom or women's rights. It's for WOMEN to decide.
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Beyond small arms, I see two valid arguments: (1) the 2nd Amendment makes no distinction about TYPE OF arms, and was meant to allow "We, 1/
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But if you're in favor of liberty, surely you believe that we should liberate women from the straitjackets that are imposed on them *by force* and *through brainwashing*? Banning burqas is a small infringement of liberty that prevents a far greater one.
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...the People" to assemble an armed force capable of defending us against the most advanced military in the world--at the time, YOURS ;-) 2/
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...and (2) since we now have a PROFESSIONAL army, that militia's remaining function is now focused on allowing us to (again) throw off a 3/
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...government which, through "a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them 4/
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under absolute Despotism" --and therefore, while small arms (including automatic weapons) fall clearly within that intent, larger weapons 5/
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...might Constitutionally be restricted under the premise that this intent presupposes it's truly "We, the People" exercising our 6/
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...sovereignty to take back our government, rather than--say--a thousand white supremacists creating massive carnage because they saw 7/
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...their privilege eroding. This seems to be roughly where our Supreme Court has drawn the line as well: while they've nominally allowed 8/
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...bans on automatic weapons, they have--thusfar--NOT accepted bans on modifications (like 'bump stocks') to approximate that effect. 9/9
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