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Don't get me wrong - I fully support the right to bear arms for self and home defense, hunting, sporting events, etc - have quite a few of my own. But just like the old saw about yelling "fire" in a crowded theater being an abuse of and exceeding the 1st Amendment right of free speech, they could make a logical case that unless you're a licensed collector, there's little need and many potential problems with allowing individual private citizens to possess military weapons that were made for no other purpose than fighting a war. They'd once again pull out the arguably extreme example of redneck deer hunters with AK-47's.
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The point of the 2nd is to protect weapons of "like kind" to what the military uses. The 2nd ammendment doesn't protect out right to hunt, it protects our right to arm ourselves to overthrow the government/fight foreign invaders should voting fail.
The 2nd is ment as the final way for the people to enforce all there other rights should the government break the contract.
I'm all for being part of a militia. I'll agree to that when I can own exactly what the military has.
BTW a lot of people hunt with AR15's, its the most popular rifle in the country.