Moreover, the Bill of Rights is fundamentally, in every case, protection for the individual. Not a single one of the first ten Constitutional amendments (what we know as the Bill of Rights) pertains to groups, but rather, protects individuals from groups, including states. No state shall infringe upon individual rights guaranteed in the Constitution.

It would be odd for the framers to slip this one and only group right (pertaining to militias, not individuals) into the Constitution.

This so called controversy “over interpretation” has to do with people wanting to own a gun either for local protection, hunting or some other trivial reason. Organizations such as the NRA have twisted the meaning and original intent of the second amendment.

The founders knew that the security of a free state was paramount to the survival of this great nation. With foresight and clarity they crafted the Second Amendment. If the founders wanted any citizen to bear arms, for any particular reason and for any particular agenda, then it could have simply stated that. Notice that they didn’t do that. Instead, the 2nd Amendment states (without any ambiguity) “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State”.

To put it another way, an isolated individual has no realistic chance of providing a check on power to the federal government alone. A well regulated militia has a much more realistic chance of protecting our freedoms from a corrupt government, then an isolated individual with his Smith & Wesson.

The interpretation is quite clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3p2lLmjGk

Excellent post. Once again, it is to the U.S.Constitution that we must appeal, to combat the usurpation, by the federal government, of the rights that the Founders intended for a free people. “Moral” arguments can be made from all sides of the argument regarding gun laws, but it is, ultimately, the moral argument, ingrained in the spirit of the Constitution, to protect its citizens for the tyranny of governments, to which we must appeal.

Our government derives its authority to govern by the consent of the people, not the other way around. Its limitations, spelled out in the Constitution, must be obeyed, or they forfeit their moral authority and pervert the law.

It is sad that Dr. Gratia’s parents (and others) were murdered by this man, it is even worst that our government has prohibited the citizens of the republic from legally defending themselves from violent acts such as these.

Thanks for highlighting. And thanks to Dr. Gratia for her courage to speak out on behalf of the Constitutionally protected rights (such as the 2nd Amendment) of this great republic.