[papertyger]

Or are we saying that government lacks the constitional authority to regulate the use and posssion of firearms by law abiding, adult citizens?

Hence the "reasonable man" standard.

This is not new ground.

[Labyrinthos]

Hence the "reasonable man" standard. This is not new ground.

But what's the answer? I agree that government has no right under the Constitution to regulate the use and possession of firearms by law abiding, competent adults any more that it has the right to require a person to obtain a permit and pass a journalism course as a prerequisite to publishing a newspaper. But if we contend that psychopaths, schizophrenics, the criminally insane, and three year olds have the right to own a forearm, then we lose the argument to common sense; and if we concede that these classes of people do not enjoy 2nd Amendment rights, then how do we keep firearms out of their hands with at least some minimal level of government regulation?

[Labyrinthos]

Should be “without at least some minimal level of government regulation?”