[calex59]

"Mr. Hamblen averred that he and the soldiers under his command qualified as a militia and thus were authorized to own military grade automatic weapons." I was sympathetic until I read this.

Yep, he fell back on the liberals intepretation of the 2nd as being a collective right that only applies to militia and trying to define the National Guard as Militia when it clearly is not. Plus there is no collective right but an individual right to bear arms.

[verity]

Plus there is no collective right but an individual right to bear arms.

Nicely articulated.