[Cloud William]

You keep leaving out the first part in order to make your point. If the amendment left out the first part, then I'd agree with you. It doesn't, and you shouldn't either.

But it's there, and because it's there, it ties the RKBA to a well regulated militia and to the function of keeping the state free. Since we now have a standing army and we no longer have the type of well regulated militia we once had, I really don't know the standing of the second amendment.

Actually, literary analysis of the 2nd Amendment indicates no condition forced by the "militia" commentary. J. Neil Schulman's The Unabridged Second Amendment contains a more persuasive argument than "but it's there, and because it's there".

[robertpaulsen]

Too bad that J. Neil Schulman's interpretation doesn't matter when it comes to the law. Also, do you think the fact that he's a libertarian and a political activist influences his writing such that his views are rather one-sided?

Did you read my post #246?