The argument in favour of your 2nd. amendment as an individual right is easily proven by the fact that when there is a war they call upon the civilian force to assist; they call it conscription. Politicians start the war then can't work fast enough to arm the civilian population to get them out of the mess they started and save their butts.
'The right of ordinary citizens to possess weapons is the most extraordinary, most controversial and least understood of those liberties secured by Englishmen and bequeathed to their American colonists. It lies at the very heart of the relationship between the individual and his fellows, and between the individual and his Government.' Joyce Lee Malcolm.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guns-Violence-Joyce-Lee-Malcolm/dp/0674016084 At least Trump has given the U.K. a warm welcome for when it leaves the E.U. Obama issued veiled threats regarding trade if we left and I think that swayed a lot of undecided people to vote 'Leave'. We don't like foreigners telling us what to do or making threats. Trump may be an oddball but I think he is the better choice for U.S. & U.K. relations. Lagopus.....
