[PubliusMM]

Merely academic? I don’t think so. There should be no argument on this issue (same for many others) because the Second Amendment is quite clear.
Even a cursory examination of the underlying discussion and debate shows that this notion was particularly espoused so that there could be no mistaking that individuals have the ultimate responsibility for their own safety and protection...protection from crime, and protection from government gone awry.

I find it patently offensive that this argument continues.

[robertpaulsen]

"Even a cursory examination of the underlying discussion and debate shows that"

The underlying discussion and debate on the second amendment was about an individual right to keep and bear arms for personal protection?

Can you find one quote for me from the discussion and debate to back that up?

"I find it patently offensive that this argument continues."

It should stop once you find that quote.