It is the NRA that has twisted the Second Amendment to say what they want. [0] [1]<p>Let me quote from [0]: <i>The [NRA under its new leadership] pushed for a novel interpretation of the Second Amendment, one that gave individuals, not just militias, the right to bear arms. It was an uphill struggle. At first, their views were widely scorned. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, who was no liberal, mocked the individual-rights theory of the amendment as “a fraud.”</i><p>Look, you&#x27;re welcome to your opinion; I&#x27;m not expecting to change it.  But you should recognize that the point is quite a bit more debatable than you make it out to be.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;daily-comment&#x2F;so-you-think-you-know-the-second-amendment" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;daily-comment&#x2F;so-you-think-you...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law.yale.edu&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;documents&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;Faculty&#x2F;Siegel_UCLA_09.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law.yale.edu&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;documents&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;F...</a> (the Reva Siegel article linked from [0]; that link is dead -- I think this is the intended article)