[Eghad]

if you view the first document the Declaration of Independence: "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence"

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

Then the Second Amendment: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

The Second Amendment was to provide citizens means to defend themselves against others and against despots who tried to oppress citizens. The founding fathers did not trust a standing army in fact they disbanded the Continental Army. Alexander Hamilton said that militia must be trained and have discipline and should be armed as well.

Keeping that in mind would they have the militia armed with with something inferior to what standing armies were carrying? If these Citizen Soldiers who formed the militia were to face standing armies I beleive the intent was to have them armed with firearms of the same quality.

If you could bring them back show them an M-4 and tell them that this is what the military carries and then tell them the citizens shouldn't be armed with these they would disagree with you.