I mention the carbine because it's relevant and tangible to today's weaponry. Shotguns are vastly obsolete are defensive or offensive weapons.

The more period correct argument would be a trench shotgun! Point stands. Insert whatever short barrelled or NFA weapon you want.

Considering the defense couldn't appear, the judges were not informed of this point! The US troops were issued tons of short barrel shotguns in the first World War.

The idea is that it's not a hindrance to the militia's efficiency. All I am arguing with regards to Miller is that claim. Had the judges been aware of this I think the outcome could have been very different.

Because in my opinion, you would be mentally disabled to argue that a short barrelled weapon isn't of use for efficiency to the keeping of the militia.

But really. My point is that if the national guard is the militia, my opinion on that doesn't matter. Because the Guard can get NFA weapons. I was in turn arguing that the Guard does not rightfully exist as our militia, and that with that said we exist with no militia, and now the NFA is a road block to the keeping of said militia

I'm good with math not words so I probably butchered what I was trying to say but hopefully you get what I mean

And really I'm not trying to argue anything. I'm just trying to understand how they got away with breaking our rights so fucking much without it being checked