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The Supreme Court last ruled on the scope of the Second Amendment in 1939, according to AP. The amendment protects only those rights that have "some reasonable relationship to the preservation of efficiency of a well regulated militia," the court opined then.

By this ruling, the amendment must pertain to those types of arms that are currently used by the military. Military uses tanks, howitzers, cannons, missiles, grenades, rockets, full-auto machine guns, selective-fire battle rifles, bolt-action rifles, semi-automatic short-barrelled shotguns, pump-action shotguns, selective-fire submachine guns and semi-automatic pistols.

Seems to me that all of these should be available to the well-regulated militia as well (all persons between 18 and 45), or else the government is not following the Miller ruling.

"The amendment protects only those rights that have "some reasonable relationship to the preservation of efficiency of a well regulated militia," the court opined then."

A well regulated school system, being necessary for a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear books shall not be infringed.

Does this mean that only those individuals "enlisted" in a "well regulated school system" are the only individuals who can "keep and bear books?"

This proves the absurdity of the "well regulated militia" argument of the gun control freaks.

The authors of the second amendment were giving one of many, if not the most important reason, for the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

It was not the one and only reason.