Gun Control & RKBA

teddyR: .. when you quote the Pennsylvania constitution you COMPLETELY ignore that it states the right of the people to bear arms "in defence of themselves and the State," because that language disrupts your narrative.

No I did not 'completely ignore' the pennsylvania quote including 'in defence of themselves & the state' - I noted it twice in the very post you replied to, either get new glasses or do remedial english comprehension:

I wrote in post 24: Would somebody email & explain to teddyR what 'the State' means. Pennsy's rkba in 1790 was militia centric.
Observe original rkba's circa 1776 - 1784, where 6 of the 8 were limited to common defense (militia), and the other 2 were militia centric (rkba for both self & state).

Further, inclusion of 'in defence of themselves and the state' does not disrupt my narrative. It disrupts yours, since it includes defending the state as militia, and not, as scalia ruled, an individual rkba disconnected from militia service.

teddyR cites early state rkba provisions: Connecticut: Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state. (1818).
Alabama: That every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state. (1819).
Michigan: "Every person has a right to bear arms for the defence of himself and the State." (1835)

Obviously restricted any self defence rkba to males, & actually restricted to WHITE ADULT males, comprising about 25% of a state's total population (less for states with greater slave populations).