re some more about gun control in article qicep obf transfer stratus com cdt sw stratus com c d tavares writes in article apr beaver cs washington edu graham cs washington edu stephen graham writes in article qhpcn b transfer stratus com cdt sw stratus com c d tavares writes as far as john q public with a gun the supreme court has already ruled in cases such as us v miller u s and us v verdugo urquidez s ct that that is exactly what the amendment protects this interpretation can be found as far back as the dred scott case in it s worth noting that us vs miller sustained miller s conviction of possession of an illegal firearm noting that a sawed off shotgun was not a proper militia weapon no they noted that no one had claimed that it was a proper militia weapon despite having been used in at least two wars this was true since neither miller nor his lawyer appeared before the court did they or did they not sustain miller s conviction i don t have the text of the case handy yes shotguns had been used in wwi the spanish american war and the us civil war that was not in question the possession of a sawed off shotgun was i e a weapon altered to improve concealibility therefore us vs miller supports limited government regulation of firearms don t go arguing down this road unless you are willing to abide by the consequences that you find at the end of it mainly that the law abiding common man has a right to own any weapon that has a militia purpose from handguns to sawed off shotguns and fully automatic weapons that in fact is what this decision says you are free to produce evidence that i m not willing to abide with all the implications of this just because i don t whole heartedly endorse the nra position does not mean that i oppose the rkba this attitude is what makes the nra unpopular stephen graham graham cs washington edu uw beaver june graham
