Military weapons weren’t at issue in Heller, and anything it says about them is dicta. My point is that the historical circumstances of militias armed with weapons they had lying around confirms Heller’s holding that the right conferred by the 2A is a private right.

How does that square with all the various gun control regulations in effect during post revolution America?

The regulations that allowed for private warships and artillery?

Those gun control regulations?

If there are actual gun control regulations from the post-revolutionary period, I'm sure that they'll be used to defend NY's and CA's modern regulations soon.

I meant the ones that prevented black people from touching a gun.

But we could also talk about the exceedingly common laws against public carry if you want: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/firearm-regionalism-and...

The entire definition of "arms" in Heller revolves around military vs. non-military use!