The founders allowed the people to Own Cannon. The most powerful "Weapon of war only designed to be on a Battlefield" , And that beats the shit out of any "Assault Firearm and gives the phrase
"The right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed"
Real meaning..
Tell that to that shit head Federal Appeals Court Judge who used the yardstick of "What Firearms the Founders Had" To declare modern guns can be banned
"Heller did not establish a right to keep any weapon for any purpose, Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote for the majority on the three-judge panel. The Supreme Court did not question long-standing federal bans on fully automatic machine guns and sawed-off shotguns, which have no legitimate purpose in the hands of civilians, he added. The question, said Easterbrook, is: "Where does the balance of danger lie?"
To answer that query, Easterbrook examined whether the Highland Park ban affected weapons common at the time of the ratification of the Second Amendment (no"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-19/if-hillary-clinton-bans-assault-weapons-would-it-be-constitutional-