The second amendment states that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." not the right of the militia to bear arms. These morons twist things in their head so much that they lose touch with reality.
Former SCOTUS justice Stevens, a dissenter on the
losing side in both Heller and MacDonald affirming the individual right to keep and bear arms, wants to amend the Constitution in several ways, including to add the words "when serving in the militia" to "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" phrase. You know, to "clarify" things. He can't get over losing that one.
J. Neil Schulman, in his book "Stopping Power", had two different recognized English language grammar experts analyze the language of the Second Amendment, and both concluded that the prefatory clause has no bearing on the right of individual's to keep and bear arms. Unfortunately, it took SCOTUS over 200 years to get around to reaching the same conclusion in a published opinion.
The first analysis is recounted here:
http://www.wagc.com/english-usage-expert-interprets-2nd-amendment-2/ Schulman used the exact same wording order, but changed a few words in this first example, in order to introduce less possible bias, even though the expert afterwords noted that he thought the sentence sounded familiar, but hadn't connected it to the Second Amendment. "A well-schooled electorate, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and read Books, shall not be infringed.”
The second analysis is here:
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=1444Good references for anyone who might be open to considering what the language of the amendment actually means, even if they've bought into the "militia only" error/lie.