Johnston: the reason I ignored the collective right because it wasn't part of the decision. It was the argument the Government made with no counter argument
Pathetic Johnston, that you ignored the 1939 miller collective right view when you wrote ... Miller {court} didn't buy the collective rights argument either.
Would that be an error of omission? a factual error? or an error to deceive?
Don't you think that if any of the unanimous 8 justices had felt the wording below was in error, one would've objected & said 'whoa fellow justices, look how we worded this!! future generations are going to think we thought 2nd amendment was for militia and not an individual right to keep & bear arms'
Yet not one did object, they all agreed & signed; even the 9th recused justice later became a gun control advocate.
The Constitution, as originally adopted, granted to the Congress power -- To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
With obvious purpose to assure the continuation and render possible the effectiveness of such forces, the declaration and guarantee of the Second Amendment were made. It must be interpreted and applied with that end in view.