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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments in the Constitution, spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government.

So the 2nd amendment refers to the rights of the individual.   The framers understood that not everyone might understand the concept of the people having rights so they reiterated it in the 9th amendment because it would be impossible to enumerate every right.

9th amendment states - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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The other 9 amendments in the BOR recognize individual rights. The 2nd amendment created the state national guards. It’s a collective right, not an individual right. It’s just that it was accidentally inserted into a document that otherwise had a listing of individual rights. It was an oversight, a mistake. The sooner we acknowledge that the sooner we can do away with these guns. [/quote]

Cite?[/quote]

DP but this is correct.  After all, why do you think the Framers said "well regulated militia?"  And why do you think the same authors of the 2nd Amendment then went on to pass the Militia Act within 6 months of ratifying 2A, which further defined exactly what they were talking about?  And for those who stupidly invented mythology about "to protect us against tyrannical government" read a bit about what else happened within a few months of passage of 2A - some citizens took up arms against what they thought was tyrannical about the newly founded American government, the Whiskey tax.  And again, those exact same Founding Fathers authorized George Washington to take said militia to put down the armed insurrection.  That provides vastly more true and accurate historical context and insight into what the Founders had in mind than any of the bogus NRA talking points ever will.[/quote]

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