>>misinterpretation of the second amendment

I assume you've read the 2A carefully. There's nothing specific about *individual* ownership in it. ' Militias' had more to do with the balance between State and Federal sovereignty (which in turn was settled by the Civil War). Individual rights came in via a SC judgement (DC v Heller), so settled law. I used to think the SC would respect settled law - until Dobbs. All that's standing between settled law (settled by SC judgements) and a contrary judgement is the people on the SC, and if several of them were to be replaced (impeachment, sickness, falling out a window, whatever), or the court expanded...

Also, total projectile energy is only part of the destructiveness of a round; the shockwave through flesh and how that interacts with the nervous system comes into it. The .222 (5.56) was designed specifically for this. I've seen what it can do to one of those gel blocks designed to emulate the human body (Waltham Armory - long story).

And the M1 is a 'Garand', not 'Garad'. It chambers the 30.06, has a much higher rate of fire than a bolt-action 30.06 hunting rifle.