It seems as though your cable networks amount to Hobson's cholice.
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Speech, in relation to the answer to your question:
"at the time period of what?"
There is a short answer and a long answer. Perhaps I can give short answer here and save the long stuff for the correct thread.
With respect to the Heller and Miller decisions:
The weapons available to a militia and those weapons available for the use by individuals for self-defense are one and the same.That is to say, those weapons deemed legal by Federal and State statutes.
With respect to the Heller decision:
There is an important distinction to be made between "in common use" and "in common use at the time".
Using in common use as a general term leaves open the possibility that proposed legislation can be seen as subject to the Heller decision. Whereas,"in common use at the time", restricts SCOTUS to making a ruling on weapons that are in common use at the time of the courts deliberation.
What does anyone else think?