A well versed and well read troll is still a troll. I say we all quit feeding it. This is obviously a battle that none of us can win, simply because the oposition will not admit defeat. (despite not having a leg to stand on)
The greatest thing about trolls? Ignore them, and they generally go away.
I don't think TG is a troll, I believe he is giving us his honest opinion.
Fiddletown: You wrote, in part, that the courts will hammer out the acceptable standards for firearms ownership, etc.
I think you're correct but I worry alot when four Justices of the SCOTUS read the history, evidence, documentation and other court decisions and still feel the 2nd Amendment affords
only a collective right.
How someone can read what Scalia wrote, with his supporting evidence, etc., and still rule for the collective right theory
only, is a sign that emotional, life long "feelings" rule the day oftentimes.
As TG stated, the unorganized militia is there for pooling purposes, so that they are available for organized militia type service. If I was called up, I'd be happy to see a Sergeant organizing and helping me with the tactics, strategies, etc. You get what I mean.
What I think TG misses here is the regulation against full auto rifles could put the citizenry at an unnecessary disadvantage. I can understand prohibitions against ordnance however.
Full auto rifles are not dangerous enough to be banned IMHO. Therein lies the basic disagreement I have with TG.
And,
Fiddletown, that's how those four Justices feel about firearms
in general. They honestly feel firearms are too dangerous for individuals to own and operate for something as fundamental as self-defense. That absolutely baffles me.
We're still going to fight against regulations but the Heller decision gave us fundamental individual rights. It will be hard for even intermediate regulations to be held constitutional in the long run IMHO. But people like the four Justices will try. It will give them time, if anything.