That’s a willful misinterpretation of the 2nd amendment that has been specifically rejected by the Supreme Court.
It’s also contrary to many state constitutions, which provide an even more definitive individual, affirmative right to bear arms.
It was the correct interpretation of the 2nd Amendment as supported by the Supreme Court for two centuries until they changed their mind in 2008, and even then four justices dissented.
What the Constitution says and what Constitutional rights exist and in what form comes down to the subjective interpretation of the court, and as history has shown, even recently, that interpretation can turn on a dime.
>It’s also contrary to many state constitutions, which provide an even more definitive individual, affirmative right to bear arms.
Those constitutions were either updated after Heller or else were unconstitutional prior to 2008.
Hardly; your interpretation was incorrect when considered against the contemporaneous definitions of both “regulated” and “militia”
Contemporaneous writings by the bill of rights’ authors only further bolsters the argument against this creative reinterpretation of the second amendment proposed by modern prohibitionists.
> Those constitutions were either updated after Heller or else were unconstitutional prior to 2008.
You’re arguing that Colorado’s constitution was unconstitutional from when it was written in 1876 until 2008?
“The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question …”
See article 2, section 13 of the original 1876 Colorado constitution:
https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Colorado%...
It has remained in its original formulation ever since:
<https://advance.lexis.com/documentpage/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=...>
I can interpret the text how I want, regardless of the opinion of a captured, political organization like the SC.
> It’s also contrary to many state constitutions, which provide an even more definitive individual, affirmative right to bear arms.
See: Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution (again, I reject the SC's opinion on these matters, so I believe the supremacy clause should override those state's constitutions)
I'm not going to reply to you again, though, because clearly we have different base axioms we're starting from here.
That wouldn't make it reasonable, but you could.