Reply #55: Guns are a subset of arms...

[benEzra]

"the right of the people to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" . . . nary a gun mentioned there --- !!!

Guns are a subset of "arms" that can be kept and borne, just as newspapers are a subset of "the press."

I don't see newspapers mentioned in the First Amendment, but they sure as heck are protected by it.

And obviously the individual right is based upon ignoring the opening clause . . .

i.e., "a well redulated militia."

No, it's based on NOT ignoring the main clause. A well-trained militia (looked up the 18th-century usages of "well regulated") was a desired outcome of protecting the individual right to own guns---after all, a militia consisted of ordinary civilians who showed up for service with their PERSONALLY OWNED GUNS in hand---but the right protected by the 2ndA wasn't ascribed to the militia, but to "the people." The same "people" as in the other amendments of the Bill of Rights.

but they can say that "arms" means a gun ---

They can, and have, also said that "press" means newspapers, magazines, and television---which it most certainly does.