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In reply to the discussion: Justice Stevens Scolds NRA & Suggests: The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment [View all]jimmy the one
(2,819 posts)bossy: which 3/4 americans agree with ... Overall it was a decently popular decision
The 70% general support today for the individual rkba interpretation reflects modern day thought, the 70% statistic has no bearing upon what the founding fathers intended, because the jury pool has either been tainted or is incompetent to render a proper verdict.
Americans today cannot be considered a proper jury for deciding that, for most of them cannot even recite the 2nd amendment properly, nor say who wrote it or when, nor know of it outside of the jingle 'right to bear arms' which has been so influenced by rightwing progun propaganda that what the majority thinks is an either or mentality - either you have the right to bear arms or, if you accept the militia version, you don't have the right to bear arms, cause you aren't in any militia. That's how perverted it's become & that's how the gun lobby keeps up it's propagunda.
The heller & McDonald decisions were 5-4 split decisions based on political thought, the 1939 miller decision was unanimous 8-0 (one recusal), the miller decision being pro militia rkba.