including persons who are not members of any militia
The people are the militia.
That right, however, is "subject to reasonable restrictions designed to prevent possession by unfit persons or to restrict the possession of types of firearms that are particularly suited to criminal misuse.
Types of guns suited to criminal misuse? This is the same logic the gungrabbers use.
Your observation bears repeating. This position is a loophole you could drive a semi through, exactly the same thing the gun grabbers keep saying to justify more restrictions, and not supportive of the "individual right to bear arms" viewpoint at all. In addition, who defines what "unfit" is? BATF? If this is the view that the Bush administration has of the Second Amendment, then Bush will sign additional gun control legislation as it reaches his desk, including renewal of the assault weapon ban.
But actions speak louder than words. Bush administration really doesn't believe in an individual right to bear arms, since it doesn't believe airline pilots are fit to carry into their cockpits the kind of gun overwhelmingly suited to criminal use...the handgun.
Bush is a Clinton in compassionate conservatives clothing when it comes to domestic policy. You Bushbots out there should finally start to get very worried.
This is the single most unknown/ignored/misunderstood fact in the debate over the meaning of the Second Ammendment.