In the court’s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, the court ruled 5-4 that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep a gun in the home for self-defense. Although the court in the Heller case noted that the Second Amendment right is “not unlimited,” the justices largely left unanswered the question of which gun restrictions are permitted under the Constitution

So that's another reason why the mass shootings have ramped up under Obama, and why specifically to target the AR, the most common long rifle that is sufficient for any civilian to carry during a hostile takeover or invasion. I don't have one personally, soviet steel for me, but it makes more sense. I'm glad even though the SC makes some strange decisions sometimes, that we have one at least.