Re: Types of weapons protected by 2nd Amend.

[dthardy]

I think the divergence between military and civilian arms is really a product of the military going full auto in the 1950s and 60s, while civilian full autos were regulated, expensive, and of limited sporting use (OK for tin cans, not for hunting, etc.). Krag military rifles (1892 to 1903): when these became obsolete, the military just sold them to civilians, who used them for deer hunting or modified them into varmint shooting guns. The modifications done in the 1930s are staggering. My favorite is the one that converted it to shoot the .219 Bee *and* to load in reverse. You fed in rounds as if it were a single-shot, and it "ejected" them into what had been the magazine, so as to store the cases for reloading. Springfield 1903 (1903-1936, with actual issuance thru 1945). Also sold en masse to civilians. Cut down stock and it made a nice deer rifle. One of these was my own first deer rifle. Another had been my father's. M-1 Garand (1936 to 1950s). A drift from civilian uses. 8 round clip too large for hunting, ejection makes fitting scope sight difficult, heavier than the 03. Still some people did modify them. M-14 -- designed as full auto. M-16 -- same.

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