[robertpaulsen]

All well and good, but who were "the people" the Founding Fathers referring to? That's the question.

Were they referring to "all persons"? All citizens? All adults? All males?

Or were they referring to all Militia members?

[Travis McGee]

I don't find it productive to debate the intentionally (or unintentionally) obtuse. Not on the definition of the word "is," nor "the people;" no more than how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

It's not even a form of mental masturbation: it's a complete waste of time. One might as well debate the village idiot mumbling in front of the local 7-11 about the meaning of the messages coming from the fillings he believes the CIA planted in his teeth.

But hey, thanks for bumping the thread.