Feinstein caught in another lie about guns.

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there is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits the defining of (A)rms - especially when agreed to by a super majority which would probably be ~ 75% of Americans.

and the police would be required to maintain the same armaments as the citizenry - no exceptions.

To the contrary, arms already had a definition at the time the 2nd was drafted... and it certainly encompasses semi auto weapons. But if you have a super majority, as you claim then it should be no real problem. First have the 2/3rds of the Senate and 2/3rds of the House approve a Constitutional Amendment that defines arms in accordance with your desires. Then have 38 states ratify that amendment and you are done. Quite easy and the procedure is outlined in Article V of the Constitution.

Perhaps you can convince the Senate to take up your proposal right after they dispose of Feinstien's proposed Assault Weapons Ban?

They had semi-automatic weapons in 1791?

The things you learn here.

The definition of arms employed in the 2nd clearly covers semi auto weapons just as freedom of the press clearly covers electronic media today. .. but swallow if you wish to take a trip down memory lane...

A weapon which is functionally equivalent to the modern day AR-15 "assault weapon" was standard issue for the autrian army from 1790 through 1815. It had an effective range of 300 meters (equivalent to the AR-15) and had a tubular 22 round magazine. The weapon could fire about 40 rounds per minute... equivalent to an AR-15. The name of the weapon is the Girandoni air rifle. It was used quite importantly in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.. to such an extent that many consider it the most important gun in the entire history of the USA, perhaps in the history of the world. Watch this:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pqFyKh-rUI]Girandoni air rifle as used by Lewis and Clark. A National Firearms Museum Treasure Gun. - YouTube[/ame]

essentially they scared the bejabbers out of the natives.