What's all the hype about the Second Amendment? We've heard it all before. "It protects our freedom." "It is the amendment that guarantees all our other freedoms." "It protects us from a tyrannical government." On and on and on. We've heard, as well, about the philosophical debate on how one is to define "the militia," and whether our forebears meant a collective or an individual right to bear arms. But that debate is really beside the point. That debate does not... (GunPolicy.org)