Jeff White, since you're a moderator I'm not sure who to report you to, but you are willfully spreading information which is clearly untrue, and I request that you correct that behaviour.
For one thing the organized militia aspect is only HALF of the context of the 2nd amendment, which is very clearly 2 amendments combined for concision.
And secondly there is a difference between a government having absolute control over the existence of armed people, and the ability to impose some regulations on them drilling and parading.
Either you are misinformed, or you are trying to misinform. Either way it should be corrected.
Wildcat, your whiny attitude about not owning a jet fighter show you to be a scoundrel, and for being honest about your nature you should be thanked. You are like a drowning man, who doesn't even want to be saved, but instead seeks only to drag as many people as possible under the water with him. Let me make this clear, you have to learn this - BRINGING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN DOES NOT BRING YOU UP. If you want to feel better, don't insult other people. If you're upset about now owning a jet fighter, don't attempt to take away other people's toys. (and as other people have mentioned, you freaking could own a jet fighter if you actually wanted to)
And for the record, even a cursory glance at US history, by a freaking Canadian, shows that the Confederate artillery was mostly provided by PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, who were in artillery clubs before the conflict broke out.
StrikeFire83
I won't lose much sleep tonight knowing that a private citizen was just disarmed of his howitzer.
I don't know how you could sleep in the first place, thinking thoughts like that.