You prove my point. Exactly!

You just said that only “citizens” are recognized as being able to bear arms. And clearly, according to Dred-Scott (and you), slaves were not recognized as citizens.

By your own argument, the whole God-Given theory of gun ownership has no weight in America.

“Some say that if the Founding Fathers had meant for this to be an individual right, they would have said so in the Bill or Rights.”

However, you also argued (against yourself) that because the Founding Fathers themselves owned and clearly enjoyed gun ownership …

“Really? George Washington and George Mason were gun collectors; Alexander Hamilton was very proud of the set of pistols that had been presented to him by his father-in-law; James Madison boasted that he could hit a small target at 100 yards; Thomas Jefferson was what might be called a “gun nut” today.”

… that the FACT that individual gun ownership was not universal could be disclaimed. Sorry, dude, but just because rich white men owned guns doesn’t mean that everyone had that right at that time.

And, you just contradicted yourself (again).

“It’s true the Founding Fathers did not make that specific point. But they didn’t make a specific point about breathing, either. Individual ownership of firearms was well nigh universal in that time.”

Does your theory extend to murder, torture, mutilation and rape? Because that has also been “well nigh universal in that time”.