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If the founding fathers wanted specific prohibitions they would have put more language into the amendment, but they didn't.
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They might have, but firearms of the time were single shot smoothbore muzzleloaders that could barely hit a barn at 25 yards.
The constitution was designed to be adaptable to the will of the people, which at this time, is to largely disallow automatic weapons.
Might change, but not soon.