[Rick Lee]

In reading the dissent, although it is very well-written and reasoned, it seems to me these four had made up their minds before the arguments were even made and were just looking for the words to justify their pre-existing positions.

BTW, I don't know why anyone gets their panties in a wad over machine guns. Even if the post-1986 manufacture ban were lifted and their prices came down from insane to just astronomical, the ammo costs are just prohibitively high. You can't burn $20 bills with a lighter as fast as you burn through $20 worth of ammo in a full-auto gun. They are just insanely expensive to buy and shoot, not exactly the kind of gun average folks would be able to afford even if they wanted them.