I respect (and sharply disagree) with what you want to be, but the second amendment was always about individual rights. Those rights have been slowly removed by

I respect (and sharply disagree) with what you want to be, but the second amendment was always about individual rights. Those rights have been slowly removed by the states. Heller reaffirmed them, as the first line of the article points out. EDIT: Just noticed jaywalk and others answered much more artfully than I did. Sorry for not checking first.