"The whole of that Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals. ... [I]t establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." --Albert Gallatin
This includes the Second Amendment. Those who think that amendment guarantees only a collective right (i.e. the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals), simply haven't read the other writings of the people who wrote the Bill of Rights, or deliberately choose to ignore them.
*Update* The quote above was incorrectly attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The quote is actually from Albert Gallatin, Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury. I have made the correction.
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