[RobbyS]

"individual citizens?" As Justice Storey noted more than 150 years ago, the original notion of militia has gradually disappeared, but as a social institution it was analogoous to the jury, an institution that has also had its character changed during the last two centuries. Rugged individualism is a concept better viewed in an urban environment than in a rurtal community On the frontier,individual households were exposed to attack by indian raiders and white drifters, but the best security was, in the end, common force. Hard to mount a posse unless it already has arms at the ready. People living in scattered farms probably knew each other better than most of us know our neighbors in the suburbs. That's why guns were kept loaded, in case strangers showed up.

[Dead Corpse]

Sounds like your argument that we don't know our neighbors as well as we should works better for the "always be armed and ready" argument than it does for your anti-gun stance.

Every group is comprised of individuals. The measure of a group is how well the individual's Rights are protected.

[ziggygrey]

Rugged individualism is a concept better viewed in an urban environment than in a rurtal community On the frontier,individual households were exposed to attack by indian raiders and white drifters, but the best security was, in the end, common force.

So... do you believe that the 2nd amendment grants an individual the right to be armed? The best security in urban areas is an armed individual..