[Sloth]

I believe that the 2nd Ammendment conveys a collective right to states, giving them the right to keep and bear arms for a well regulated militia.

I believe the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right.

These two statements seem incongruous.

[blanknoone]

Sloth, I don't think those two statements are contradictory...I agree that the second amendment does both.

HLL, I would suggest that the individual right and practicality are contradictory. If the government is to determine what is allowed and what is not, it is by permission, not by right.