Tenche Coxe: “Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American… The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.” – Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

“We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education. We can never be safe till this is done.”
–Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 1813.

“I think the truth must now be obvious that our people are too happy at home to enter into regular service, and that we cannot be defended but by making every citizen a soldier, as the Greeks and Romans who had no standing armies; and that in doing this all must be marshaled, classed by their ages, and every service ascribed to its competent class.”
–Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 1814.

“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”
–Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824

I grew up in a farm household of seven where we had guns which were loaded, and we all knew it. We know that they were only for emergency and we only would use them for protection.

Drafts , congressional minutes 1774-1789, Federalist Ppaers # 29, John Lockes Treatise, Virginia & English BOR, and BOR drafts Karpeles museum, California. Pay close attention to what the original draft of what became the second amendment was, a collective right. If that was truly what the founders intended, then why did they change to what exists today eh Briggsy?

Explain why our founders would write all but one amendment (even those not ratified) as individual rights and the one a collective right, just doesnt make any logical sense.

Have you read the actual case work, and ruling of the Heller decision, apparently not. If you had you would see that all 9 justices ruled that it has been an individual right to keep & bear arms. The 5-4 ruling was all about the constitutionality of the Washington D.C. gun ban, prove otherwise.

Which of the academically accredited english professors do you claim to be, lets see your works on the interpetation of what words meant back in 1776. Well regulated meant well trained. Describe what and where the comma’s, inflections, and spare word use typical of the time period meant in determination of the singular or plural meaning of a word. But you arent an english professor. Maybe if you actually researched issues from unbiased sources rather than take someones word for it much less your own uniformed opinion you wouldnt look so bad making irrelevant staements.

Finally, which of the acdemically accreditted US Constitutional experts or Supreme Court Justices are you that anyone would take your opinion as a matter of irrefutable fact, yeah your not either of these are you?

Go read the information I pointed out, then come back and attempt argue on an informed position that the right to bear arms is not an indiivual right, lol. I have a better chance of winning the Powerball than you proving your position, so probably will never hear a peep from Briggsy on this specific issue ever again.

With that language alone, I believe that all people now in prison, who are otherwise law abiding citizens, but who are serving time for violation of some unconstitutional gun law, have the right to sue the prosecuting attorney, judges, and the arresting officers, for violating their civil rights.

I hope Plaxico Burress and Delonte West see this. I would like for them to sue New York for being imprisoned violating their civil rights due to breaking the state and city’s unconstitutionally strict laws against all classes of gun ownership.

With all the renewed interest in our “right to keep and bear arms,” it is inevitable that soon someone will sue the state for violating their civil rights by being improperly imprisioned for gun ownership and possession.