[MileHi]

Then why all the extra words in "A"? Madison thought it would look cool?

That is covered pretty well in the decision. Sorry it shoots down your entire posting history on this forum.

[robertpaulsen]

"That is covered pretty well in the decision."

True enough. It's also covered pretty well in the plethora of decisions concluding a collective right.

I was curious, therefore, why the poster concluded that "it is clear as a bell that the 2nd Amendment is about the right of the individual to bear arms".

Since you're not that poster, and since you really have nothing to add to the discussion (other than some vague reference to the decision), I think we're done.