What did the Founders mean...

[gejohnston]

49. I was refering to what was available on the commercial market vs

what was military issue. Also, provide a source.

There is evidence that higher state gun ownership rates will generally result in higher gun crime rates, other things being nearly equal such as population density, urbanity, demographics and region.

Not any study that followed the scientific method, peer reviewed and published in a criminology journal. The only studies claimed that were funded by activists with a predetermined conclusion and done by MDs with no relevant education in statistics or the scientific method. That alone forces a reasonable person to doubt the validity. One problem these "studies" have is that they rig the numbers by putting in the disclaimer "when adjusted for poverty etc", but they never explain how they adjusted it or give the formula used or the values assigned. Even then these "studies" are smart enough to clarify that correlation is not causation.

Faulty premise. Gun control has majority support in most polls, with inherent issues ranging from 90% on background checks, to about 60% for high capacity magazines.

It depends on the degree and what the person answering knows about current gun laws, which they probably don't since Bernie Sanders, a US senator, didn't now straw purchases have been a federal crime for almost 50 years. Since the only poll I have seen was done by Frank Luntz for Bloomberg....................