What did the Founders mean...

[Alea]

54. You must have had a hard time posting here when the italics button was broken

Most of what you just said is just your opinion. You have your opinions and I have mine.

Also, I acknowledged in my post that it has been disputed that Yamamoto may have never made the Blade of Grass statement so I don't know why you chose to write a paragraph dedicated to dispelling it, unless you were just trying to appear to be smarter than someone else. There's actually no proof either way if he said it or not. I never said definitively that he said it, but you did say definitely that it was Verdict: Fake which could make you as wrong as anyone claiming it was infact a true quote. Your link to substantiate the claim as fact, is just someone else opinion.

You also say The right to self defense had existed for millennia prior to the 2nd amendment, and should not be conflated as equivalent to a right to keep & bear arms. That's also just your opinion. We use the tools available to us today. You have every right to use what you want for your own self defense, pointy stick, rock, jawbone of an ass, or even the piss your pants method of self defense. I would never take that right away from you. Me? Until you convince me that the evils in this world don't exist, I'll use something a bit more practical.