Gun Control & RKBA

teddy: Do you really think that the individuals who drafted the Bill of Rights are using "the Militia" and "the people" interchangeably

Yep, in the 2ndA they were used synonymously.

teddy: I like this quote from Story, which really says all you need to know about the Second Amendment: "The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms had justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpations and arbitrary power of rulers; and it will generally, even if those are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them."

You simply quote the opening sentences of the very quote which I cited, where he equates the people with the militia - since he is in militia context when he writes it - thanks:
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendIIs10.html

And, from the very same quote from justice Story, is this; and note how similiar it is to what you like so much above. In fact, it makes it clear enough that you misinterpret; Story is speaking synonymously again, of the citizens & the militia:

The militia is the natural defence of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers.

"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms had justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpations and arbitrary power of rulers; and it will generally, even if those are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them

He praises citizens for essentially the same thing he praises the militia for.
An individual right to bear arms could not accomplish what Story is speaking about, it takes a militia.