This is the ammendment, verbatim:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

here's a definition of militia from dictionary.com

1. An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
2. A military force that is not part of a regular army and is subject to call for service in an emergency.
3. The whole body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.


Anyway, basically this right can be viewed as the right of anyone of military age to be allowed to keep and have weapons. Also, please notice that it mentions militia at the beginning, but then goes on to say "the right of the peopole to keep and bear Arms"...implying all people have that right.

Considering the US had just recently come out of a revolutionary war with its mother country, I'm pretty sure the gentlemen that wrote the bill (all revolutionaries) were very suportive of the idea of an armed populace. After all, the only reason that their revolution succeeded was because the populace was armed.

Also, at the time there really wasn't anything to distinguish military and civilian arms. Civilians didn't have cannons, but wtf are you gonna do with a cannon? So, if you want to get real technical, the prohibition against me having machineguns (or rocket launchers, for that matter) is unconstitutional.

You guys who think we shouldnt carry guns.

What would you do, if 10 guys came to your door and where trying to break in? What would you do? If you dont have a gun, they are coming in.

What would you do if a natural disaster hit your town, and people came to loot your house? What if you had a your wife and 14 year old daughter inside? hell, just 2 or 3 thugs, looking to loot your house and rape your wife and daughter. What the hell are you going to defend yourself with? A knife? lol.

Thing is, if regular people arnt allowed to carry guns, that means that the police and crimnals will.

and you know, I love Bill Hicks, hes hilarous and he raises some interesting questions, but hes a comedian. Hes tells jokes.