[robertpaulsen]

The "well regulated Miltia" contained in the second amendment refers to an organized, armed, trained and accoutered state Militia with officers appointed by the state.

In your state, that would be the Virginia State Defense Force. If you are part of that, your arms are protected from federal infringement.

[Jim Verdolini]

What makes you say that? The Militia Act of 1792, written by those same founders, makes it pretty clear that the ‘militia’consists of all abled bodied male citizens. I suspect the modern world would expand that to all able bodied citizens period, which is pretty much the same as ‘the people’

[ctdonath2]

The "well regulated Miltia" contained in the second amendment refers to an organized, armed, trained and accoutered state Militia with officers appointed by the state.

So what differentiates them from "agents of the state", to wit "standing army" or "select militia"? If a "right" only applies to someone operating entirely under the direction of the government, and cannot exercise that "right" outside what the government allows, then in no way is it a "right".

In that light, name a single person who can buy (in their own name) an M4, and store it in their home (as their own).