"Why do you need an AR15?"

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Montana, thank you for posting, especially the quotes which show what the founders were thinking.
Stanc refuses to acknowledge this and so is wrong.

Heh, heh. Where you guys are going wrong is that the quotes of what some of the founders were thinking are not written into either the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

"The militia exists to overthrow the government." The Constitution does not say so. But, it does say the militia can be used to suppress any who do engage in insurrection.

"The RKBA is meant to apply to individual self defense, as well as collective defense." Then why does the 2A address only collective defense (i.e., arming the militia)?
If the author had wanted weapons for self defense protected, why didn't he follow the examples of the Pennsylvania and Vermont constitutions and explicitly say so?

Pennsylvania (1776) "...the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state..."
Vermont (1777) "...the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State..."