>Therefore the foundation of this article is both moot and asinine. Exactly, and thank you for making that point! I wanted to also highlight one highly inaccur

>Therefore the foundation of this article is both moot and asinine. Exactly, and thank you for making that point! I wanted to also highlight one highly inaccurate statement made in the article: >>How different would our gun debate be today if the focus weren't on the selfish right to personal protection but on our responsibility to serve our country? Er, that should be: "fundamental right to personal protection". Reserve duty involves a lot of effort and sacrifice. That's fine, but it shouldn't be required to own a gun. Perhaps reserve duty should confer the right to have fully automatic weapons at home, just as with Switzerland... Finally, in the context of the Founders and the 2nd Amendment, it was absolutely normal for just about every adult male to own and use firearms. There was certainly NO requirement to join a militia...