We, most of us, I think are trying to apply logic to something that is being driven by emotions, the two seldom blend well. In the days when the documents were written everyone was armed the same way, between government and citizen well not counting canons and such.
I have to disagree about the common man not needing the guns they are trying to ban, they are the best we can legally obtain, and while no longer on par with those carried by our government, should the day come here as it has in the past or as it has in places like Syria where the people need to defend themselves from their government they would be better then what the government would leave us with.
As far as the gun confiscations after Katrina and Sandy... most of us never heard a thing about it, the media did not plaster the news waves with it like they do when they are trying to further their own agendas.
I have asked myself a lot what I would do if they were to kick in my door to take my guns, and I still do not know... I can only hope I have the courage to do what I need to do.
I have to think, hope, and fear, that if there were to be an disarming of the American people that just like the reason the 2nd amendment was written, that the people would rise up to protect here what we have always fought for on foreign soils. Because just like the article I posted states, if the second amendment falls so will the other rights of the people...
I feel like I am being paranoid about this, but even here in NY Gov. Cumo is stating he wants to consider confiscation of what they call assault rifles so I really think the threat is real that we will have to one day decide whether to lie down or stand and fight...