Answer the question. Is the 2nd Amendment a collective or an individual right?
The 2nd Amendment isn't a right at all, it's a restriction on federal powers over a right.
You do know that the Bill of Rights protects rights? It's not the source for them.
Is the 2nd Amendment a collective or an individual right? The 2nd Amendment isn't a right at all, it's a restriction on federal powers over a right. You do know that the Bill of Rights protects rights? It's not the source for them.Note that the response doesn't actually answer the question, it dodges it. It's usually very indicative when someone refuses to answer a direct question that will take them off the Talking points they're working with.
The only time the "individual v. collective" distinction makes a difference is when the collective is less than the whole body of citizens capable of bearing arms. The collective rights advocates first redefine militia, then restrict the grant. But the militia is the whole body of citizens capable of bearing arms.