it's really pretty easy to understand if you look in the right places ... see Virginia Ratification Debates prior to the Bill Of Rights ratification by 3/4 of States in 1791, the authors/scholars did a whirlwind speaking tour of the State Legislatures so Jefferson, Hamilton, Mason, etc had a dialog explaining what each motherfucking amendment actually means.  (find and read the "Virginia Ratification Debates") referring to 2nd Amendment meaning: THE RIGHT TO ARMED DEFENSE IS A PERSON'S NATURAL RIGHT PRE-EXISTING THE FORMATION OF A UNITED STATES GVT... THE GVT MAY NOT FUCK WITH THIS RIGHT my PS: Meriwether Lewis took his high capacity (and silenced) Girandoni assault rifle from Pittsburgh to the Pacific Ocean thru Indian territory both ways, hunting/demonstrating/& showing off to the Natives ... and the only death was a malaria death ..  damn mosquito!