Is the 2A absolute?

[gejohnston]

45. he wasn't there remember?

The only thing you proved that Jefferson is spinning in his grave at the thought of Empire and MIC we have today. You have not shown any evidence that it did does not also protect an individual right. If it did not also protect the individual right, which the 9A also does, (read previous links) otherwise it would have said "the right of the states to maintain militias shall not be infringed.
http://www.constitution.org/2ll/2ndschol/72lund.pdf

What individual right? You talk as though it's a given that it protects an individual right to own guns

That has been the view of people who more knowledgeable on this issue than either of us. The collective rights theory did not exist until the mid 20th century. Even Alan Dershowitz, who supports repeal of the 2A, recognizes that it is an individual right:
"Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a public safety hazard don't see the danger in the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use the same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like."