You left out the original intent of the 2nd amendment which is to protect the citizens of the United States of America from a tyrannical government whether it be our own government or that of an invading force. In the event that we actually had to fight a gas operated semi-auto rifle (I detest the term "assault rifle") would certainly level the playing field a bit. I would not want a bolt action rifle to face off against combat trained soldier with select fire weapons. I would want a semi-auto of a similar design to that of our combat troops with a large capacity magazine. Just my thoughts,
Stu
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