John Lewis leading gun control sit-in on House floor

[RiverNoord]

75. You have read the rest of the Constitutional provisions dealing with militias, haven't you?

There a two other explicit references in the Constitution, one in Article I and another in Article II. Since the Bill of Rights came a short time after the ratification of the Constitution, the Second Amendment must be read in the context of the other references to 'militia.'

The Constitution makes it clear that the purposes of 'the militia' or 'the militias of the several states' are to repel invasions and put down insurrections before regular forces are able to deploy.

Also, have you every heard of 'Shay's Rebellion?' The possibly-first American civil war? Which led directly to the ratification of the Constitution, and had a lot to do with its 'militia' provisions?

The collective nature of the Second Amendment is directly linked to its stated purpose - there aren't any one-person militias.