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Originally Posted by Derwood
so the fact that the Constitution doesn't make any mention of non-militia rights has no bearing on your thinking?
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Clearly when reading the amendment they thought enough to include the militia (well regulated) AND the people (right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed). Now if it was just to refer to the militia why would they include 'the people' as they did in the other amendments?
Furthermore if you read the 9th amendment "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." When reading this I think you have to conclude that if the 2nd amendment grants the right to bear arms to the militia, it still cannot be used to deny the right to bear arms to the people.