Originally Posted by deltabound

What I think doesn't matter . . . not if we're a nation of laws, and not of men. The Supreme Court definitively squashed this interpretation of the Second Amendment in the recent Columbia v. Heller in 2008. According to them, the right to bear firearms is a personal and individual right. Period.

I won't bore you with the details; if you'd like to discuss restrictions that may be placed on the 2nd amendment, that's fine. No rights, even those that are constitutionally protected, are absolute.

If you truly believe that free citizens in this country should not have the personal right to bear arms, there is a legislative remedy. The Second Amendment, like all amendments, is subject to repeal or modification. It's happened before to other amendments, and can happen again.