Do you believe the Second Amendment protects and individual right or a collective right?
Do you believe the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments) limits government power or grants people rights?
Thank you in advance for two yes or no answers.
It protects the ability of a state to form a militia from federal infringement. I guess that makes it a collective right, though it's really an individual right applied collectively.
"Do you believe the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments) limits government power or grants people rights?"
The first eight amendments protect certain rights from federal infringement. At least, that's how they were written.
"Thank you in advance for two yes or no answers."
Oops. Sorry. I didn't read ahead. Let me try that again.
"Do you believe the Second Amendment protects and individual right or a collective right?"
Yes.
"Do you believe the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments) limits government power or grants people rights?"
No.
How do you answer these?
He believes it's an individual right to participate in a government-operated militia according to their rules with their equipment.
Took me a while to drag that out of him.