SayUncle vs. Barry
Re-posting this because Barry asked in my comments section to briefly explain why I believe the Second Amendment is an individual right:
SayUncle believes in the Second Amendment and that gun ownership is an individual right. As evidenced by the following:
Second Amendment: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
USC Title 10, Sec 311: The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States …
Now assume that since then certain laws prohibit discrimination based on age and gender that it would also include the elderly and women.
And some additional stuff:
The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, does not refer to the National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917. The National Guard, federally funded, with bases on federal land, using federally-owned weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms, punishing trespassers under federal law, is not a state militia or a militia of the citizens.
Update: No word from Barry yet.
