"[T]he phrase 'the right of the people,' only recognizes a right, it is not conferring a right at all. If the constitution conferred rights to the people, then there would be no need for States.
Correct, and in the case of the 2nd amendment it recognizes the individual right is inalienable... cannot be taken away. It must be an individual right... not granted by the founding documents, but rather preexistent.
jw
The Bill of Rights must be about rights of our government then huh?
Or could it be that it served to spell out the limits of our government so that the rights of the people would not be infringed. Thats the part you tend to overlook. "people" is not another word for government.