Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The second amendment is irrelevant- [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)They dismiss and discard this section of miller:
"In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument."
Which clearly demonstrates that at the time of that decision the collectivist interpretation was considered valid. The 2A only guaranteed, in 1938, a right to bear arms that were relevant to a well regulated militia.
Times have changed. Of course those who made that change did so while claiming, quite hypocritically, to be original intent strict constructionists. The debate during the convention was all about local militias and federal standing armies.