There is a case before the Supreme Court right now about whether the second amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, or whether it only guarantees that a state can maintain an armed militia. If the justices rule in favor of the individual’s rights, then many anti-gun laws in states throughout the country will have to be repealed. If it’s the other way around, the door is open for much more strict laws banning the ownership of firearms.
I think that the second amendment protects both rights mentioned above, but it’s clear that the intention is to provide protection for the security of the state. If they rule that it does not refer to individual gun ownership, I think they would still have to allow people to own guns so long as they become official members of the state militia. That doesn’t seem like a bad idea, actually.
