U.S. appeals court upholds right to carry gun in public

[Liberal-Of course]

12. That Judge needs to understand what the 2nd is about and why it's there

The 2nd Amendment was included to get southern colonies to sign on to the Constitution. You see, southerners needed roving bands of armed white men to prevent slave rebellions. And they wanted these "militias" to be beyond the jurisdiction of a federal (a/k/a northern dominated) government. They wouldn't become a state without state militias.

Two other points: the Amendment is premised on "well-regulated militias", not "manhood challenged" white men. Without state authorization and regulation...you ain't militia. Second, the Amendment refers to groups (iow, organized and regulated militias) by saying "the people", that is plural or group; it does not say "persons". Reference to persons makes an amendment an individual right. "People" meant groups.

The SCOTUS effectively rewrote the Amendment in 2008 by declaring, incorrectly, "the people" actually meant individuals (oh, those silly founding fathers. Didn't know what "the people" really meant)....Majority: Scalia, Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito....all rightwing nuts.