[Gondring]

As you correctly quoted at the end of your post, George Mason said that the militia is "the whole people". "The whole people" was another way of saying "the people".

Which contradicts your claim made earlier:

So they settled on a select group of "well regulated" Militia -- trained, disciplined, organized, armed and accoutered, with officers appointed by each state. It was this "well regulated Militia" that was necessary to the security of a free state, not an armed populace.

As was pointed out by Justice Scalia, when the Scottish Highlanders were barred from "keeping" and "bearing" of arms (Proscription Act), it wasn't just for when they were out in militia drills.

[robertpaulsen]

Last time: If the Founders meant eveyone, the used the phrase "all persons".

"The people", the whole people" "the people at large", "freemen" and "freeholders" all referred to something else.

You can't make up your own definitions to suit your argument. Well, not with me you can't.