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.
The National Rifle Association along with George Walker Bush, Dick Cheney and the Neocons would like to RE-ESTABLISH the presence of the 'spirit' of the 2nd Amendment all over again.
When the 2nd Amendment was written the militia of the USA government WAS THE PEOPLE.
That is why they had a right to occupy homes and land to shelter troops, because there were no military bases. Hence, Eminent Domain (click on) , ah, hello?
The sacred cow of the National Rifle Association, affectionately known by Neocons as the NRA is actually based in 'practicality' of 'the day' when an organized military didn't exist except for the militias that citizens formed to defend their homeland.