The overwhelming historical evidence and weight of judicial precedent support the position that the Second Amendment was intended and designed to protect a militia-based right.Well gee, Kristen Rand, I repeat the challenge. If what you say is true, you should have no problem producing reams of quotes from the founders supporting your contention.
There is also strong scholarship to support the argument that James Madison wrote the amendment primarily to allay southern fears that Congress would undermine the slave system by disarming the militia - thereby denying the southern states an effective means of slave control. Under this longstanding interpretation of the amendment, the district's handgun ban would survive.Yep, no doubt about it--the historical affinity for keeping blacks disarmed by the establishment would be affirmed. Why don't you just come out and say it, instead of making it sound like you have some kind of noble purpose?
You're getting desperate, Kristen. And as for making DC the model for the rest of the nation, you just aren't paying attention to public sentiment, are you? Or maybe you are, and that's why your yappings are becoming more urgent, more shrill...