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Is the Second Amendment an individual, or collective, right?

Gee, that's a toughie?!? I collect guns (BATF 03 License) but I don't think that's what 'they' mean by 'collective right'. Hmmmm, let's go to some of the 'constitutional experts' and see what they have to say...

George Washington: "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence."
Alexander Hamilton: "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
Samuel Adams:"The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."
Tench Coxe: "Whereas civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize ... the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
George Mason:"To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
Last but not least, 'ole TJ himself, whom the Leftists adore oh so much for his ONE LETTER regarding a 'wall of separation'...
Thomas Jefferson:"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Thomas Jefferson: "And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. ... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Thomas Jefferson: "The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."

Oh and then there was this old dead white guy too ... George Mason: "Who are the militia? They consist of the whole people, except a few public officers."

Okay, I think that pretty much clears it up - problem solved. Individual Right, next.