Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Straw Man
(6,623 posts)I'm not avoiding any questions. I'm answering you in laborious detail, and you are having hissy fits because you're not getting the answer you want. Too bad, pal. You want me to say that the right to keep and bear arms belongs only to the militia, and I won't say it because it is incorrect. The right is protected in order to facilitate a militia, but a militia is not and never has been the sine qua non for the right to keep and bear arms. The right to provide for one's own defense is a natural right. The formation of militias is the function of a political entity. Citizen militias require an armed citizenry. There the individual and the collective interests intersect, plain and simple.
I can't make it any plainer. I suspect that you understand my point and are pretending not to, but if you truly don't understand, then I suggest that you're playing in a sandbox that's a bit above your pay grade.
"Dishonest" my ass.