What are the acceptable limits of the 2nd Amendment?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

A good example. But who owned the cannon? It's clear that the merchants were privately owned, but it's the ownership of the cannon that makes the difference.

August cleared that up. I just wanted to add that the American Revolution had many causes, but the shooting started when the Colonial Governor of Massachussetts sent regular troops to confiscate a private armory, including cannons. Yes, the actual war started over a gun control issue.