hugh damright
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I am not so sure about applying it to DC, but IMO applying the 2A to the States absolutely means reconstructing it. We're not talking about some change in technology, like applying the principle of a free press to include a free radio broadcast. I do not accept the analogy.Hugh, applying the 2A doesn't necessarily mean reconstruct it. The SCOTUS has had to apply the amendments to changes in society and technology. The had to apply the 1A to radio, TV, and ...
The government is not a collective. The collectives are the fifty bodies of people that make up the States. Virginians are a collective, a people, a State.The sole purpose of the Bill of Rights was to limit the power of government. Can anyone explain to me why the government's power would be limited by only allowing the government or some other "collective" group to have firearms while denying them to citizens?
We once had British Troops here to dominate us, and they were supposedly here to protect us, so Virginians declared that a standing army in times of peace is a danger to liberty, and that the proper defense of a free State is the people of that State, trained to arms and organized into militia. We figured that we could govern ourselves and defend ourselves. And part of governing ourselves is to pass gun laws.