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The LSM certainly isn't going to bring up that aspect of the 2nd. regardless of it's importance. But it is a well documented matter of fact - and without that purpose being in the minds of the founders I doubt the amendment would be there - so the 9th. Circus was right to incorporate that into the decision.

We're starting to reach areas of agreement. Following the concerns of the states after the collapse of the Articles of Confederation, the Founders were wary of recreating the problems they had seen in Europe with the monarchys and kaisers and whatnot. When you analyze the Bill of Rights, they were developed in a specific order that begins with basic fundemental rights and go on to create an increasing set of priorities all the way to the 10th Amendment.

We are fortunate that in a delicate time in America's history, God saw fit to send us some of the most intelligent, thoughtful and wise men that I think this planet has ever seen. These attributes are strongly reflected in the Amendments they added to the Constitution and represent not only their wisdom, but the strong dedication they had to preserve and protect the rights of individuals against the central government.

Unfortunately, in our 200+ years, we let those principles of freedom and liberty slip away from us by greedy, power hungry political elites who care more about their own personal power than the very principles that made this nation great. At this point, it remains questionable if we will be able to reverse the damage Obama and his administration are doing to this country in the foreseeable future. It may take lots of Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights to restore this nation to the path the Founders envisioned. All in all, there is nothing fundementally wrong with the Constitution, it just needs a bit of tweaking to prevent the level of abuses we are seeing from the current crop of self-serving political elites.