[C]onceived it to be the privilege of every citizen Note: singular tense, and one of his most essential rights, to bear arms, and to resist every attack upon his liberty or property, by whomsoever made. The particular states, like private citizens, have a right to be armed, and to defend, by force of arms, their rights, when invaded.
Debates in the House of Representatives, ed. Linda Grand De Pauw. (Balt., Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1972), 92-3.
You're arguing that bearing arms is a privilege?
What next?
Collective bodies have rights just like individuals?
I don't know what you're hoping to accomplish by the furious fire you're directing at your own foot, but I'm sure enjoying it!