Did the Founding Fathers mean to keep arms IN a regulated milita

[SoutherDem]

44. I try to act civil on this subject, sadly I don't alway succeed.

But, I understand your example that one national law would not work and to a great extent I agree. Maybe a better way of saying my point would be a national minimum, not based on the most strict but not the most relaxed either. If a state wants to make theirs stricter that would be fine. From what I can tell looking on line we range from near none to extremely restrictive. Neither is right. Finding the middle may indeed be hard. I honestly don't know where the line should be drawn.

We agree on the training, enough said.

The government worker I was thinking of was the Sheriff who is elected but an elected board would work also. I do understand the difference between semi-auto and full-auto. Also, the looks of a gun does not make the gun. I am not seeking banning any guns or even accessories. However, I would like to see someone have to give an explanation as to why they are needing/wanting a certain types of gun. The point isn't the reason, even target practice may be a good reason, self defense too. This would at least cause a second glance at a person seeking a gun which can shoot 100 rounds without reloading. Actually, I may be suggesting making some items easier to get. My point isn't to prevent gun sales or ownership. It just seems to me allowing the person benefiting from the sale to make the decision if this person wants the gun for target practice vs. taking out a group of people is not fair or safe. When things happen like what happened Friday in CO we seem to start looking very close at these people and some ask why didn't someone catch this. I want to add one step to try and catch it. Simply knowing you will be looked at a second time may be enough to stop someone, or get that person help.

Really most of my last answer would apply to the ammo too. I don't want a hard limit. I want a point that if someone is building an arsenal to do something criminal a flag goes up. This would not stop every crazy person. But, if it stops a few it may be worth the small inconvenience.

Thanks for honest answers. Too often with this subject I see BOTH side giving snark answers rather than attempting to discuss the issue.