US citizens dont have gun rights, they have govt granted gun PRIVILEGES. This necessary right of the people existed before the Second Amendment as one of the fundamental rights of Englishmen. Id. at 2797-98. Heller identified several reasons why the militia was considered necessary to the security of a free state. First, it is useful in repelling invasions and suppressing insurrections. Second, it renders large standing armies unnecessary.... Third, when the able-bodied men of a nation are trained in arms and organized, they are better able to resist tyranny. Id. at 2800-01. In addition to these civic purposes, Heller characterized the right to keep and bear arms as a corollary to the individual right of self-defense. Id. at 2817 ([T]he inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right.). Thus the right contains both a political component—it is a means to protect the public from tyranny—and a personal component—it is a means to protect the individual from threats to life or limb. Cf. Amar, supra, at 46-59, 257-66. We must trace this right, as thus described, through our history FROM the Founding UNTIL the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment. NORDYKE v. KING 563 F.3d 439 (2009) United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 15, 2009.
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