I have an interpretation of the 2nd Amendment ("The right to bear arms...", adopted just before Christmas in 1791) that would, I believe, satisfy the Founders' intentions ... as well as reflect their understanding of things at that time. (Remember: the American Industrial Revolution was yet to come.)
My interpretation would counter the extreme positions pursued by the National RIfle Association, under its current "leadership."
Please know.... The NRA wasn't always this way. It used to organize itself around hunters and sports people, not the arms manufacturers. It used to be profoundly safety-conscious. Now you could as accurately call it the National Association in Favor of Murder, the More the Merrier. Now it's a trade lobby in the disguise of citizens' advocacy.
Well, anyway, here's my interpretation....
YES, you absolutely do have the right to bear arms!!! Yes, yes, yes.
Just ... the arms you now own must all be circa-1791 arms, when the US adopted the 2nd Amendment.
Which means muzzle-loading; breech loading wouldn't come along for another 50 or so years.
Which means flintlocks, because the weather-proof percussion cap that replaced flintlock ignition systems, the same kind that assassinated Abraham Lincoln, didn't come along for another 30 years.
At least this strict "authentic 1791-type firearm" interpretation (oh, yoohoo! Supreme Court Justices!) would prevent single-shooter massacres from happening.
Except in very slow motion.
At a firing rate of maybe two shots per minute.