Federal Judge: Assault Weapons Not Protected by 2nd Amendment

[JASmith]

Not a different subject. Your premise is that the 2A only refers to a right of the militia to keep and bear arms and there is no other right for other citizens. My premise is that there are two components to the 2A; a prefatory clause (reason for the militia) and an operative clause (RKBA, which supports the prefatory clause). The militia clause does not restrict the RKBA clause.

There were NEVER any discussions or writings of the period that indicated that only active members of the militias (organized militia) had the RKBA. Rather, it was the entire citizenry who had RKBA, from which states would pull militia members.

Trying to limit the 2A to militia members only is an attempt by progressives to rewrite the narrative and implement gun control.

Scalia understood the nuances of the 2A as written, as did everyone of the period.

DC v Heller:

I am truly grateful for your having taken the time to document historical and current relevant writings about the 2A.

As much as I dislike his proclivity for bait & troll to provoke flame wars (get attention?) I thank Stan for causing the research to be done.

Nonetheless, we would all have been better served had he done the research in the first place rather than acting like an anti-gun troll.