Allowing assult rifles

Definitions: Militia: A body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill, but serving full time only in emergencies.http://dictionary.reference.com...Amendment: in government and law, an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution. Amendments can be made to existing constitutions and statutes and are also commonly made to bills in the course of their passage through a legislature. Since amendments to a national constitution can fundamentally change a country’s political system or governing institutions, such amendments are usually submitted to an exactly prescribed procedure. http://www.britannica.com...Article Five: of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered. Altering the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments and subsequent ratification. http://en.wikipedia.org...The Second Amendment: It states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" http://en.wikipedia.org... What this means:These definitions mean many things. 1. This issue can depend on your definition of militia. Is a regular citizen a member of the militia? Some take it to mean those who are entered into the selected service, ( U.S army draft), which would mean that only men 18 years of age or older, and no older than 45 years old, are allowed to own weapons. Women, seniors, and people not registered would not be allowed to have any gun whatsoever. 2. By the second amendment, any citizen would be able to obtain bombs, grenades, and WMD's. 3. Article 5 of the constitution says that the constitution can be changed at any time, following a few rules and votes. The founding fathers of the united states lived in a time of muskets and small arms, none of which could do much damage. They never would have realized that automatic and dangerous weapons would one day exist, in there time it took over a minute to reload a gun, and the soldiers had a very limited supply of ammunition. They had no nukes and missiles, only cannons which had a very limited supply of ammo, and were hard to shoot and reload. So in the modern world, along with many other things, it seems fit for a change in the constitution. You have made a very strong case, and as a new person on this website, I will use your argument a a guide for further debates. However , I want to argue against some points you have made. "A car is considered a deadly weapon and also has the potential to kill and injure dozens. Should we ban cars or just punish people that do bad things with cars?" The thing here is that cars have become a neccesity, and we have become pretty much dependent on cars and motor vehicles. There really isn't an alternative to cars, but there is an alternative to an assault rifle, small arms."I think it would also be fair to imagine if only one or more people had a gun in that theater, then they could have shot back. I think the big issue is gun-free zones, like that movie theater, which is where most of these tragic gun shootings occur."I completely agree with this statement. Gun free zones are becoming a problem, all though I believe schools and government building should always be gun free. But in the argument of assault rifles, would someone in the theater have needed and assault rifle to defend themselves? There would be no way someone could just carry in an ak-47 without being questioned, and there really isn't a way to conceal it. So I would like it if areas could allow guns, but have restrictions as to what you are allowed to carry.You also say that in the case of a riot or something like that, it would be nice to have an assault rifle, and I agree. But I feel that people wont just give up their guns if a ban was in place, and just leave them at home. So, even with a ban, you would be able to defend yourself and your property, with the assault rifle at home, and a pistol in public.This argument can take many forms, with gun free zones, magazine capacity limits, complete bans, and other things. But I feel that at least a public ban on assault rifles might be necessary.