Gun Control & RKBA

As to the Second Amendment, one important distinction, at least to me, is to remember that unlike England, with a large standing army, the Founders of this new country made no provision for a standing army. I highlight it to emphasize that crucial difference.

So with no standing army, it was important that some people have training in handling arms. I emphasize some because the Framers and Founders never intended that this right of The People would apply to all people. Like the franchise, it did not apply to non-whites, it did not apply to women, it did not apply to indentured whites.

The Second Amendment freedoms, like so many of the freedoms enshrined in the US Constitution, applied to white males of property. And in the case of the militia, it applied to males between 17 and 45. All of these factors combine to convince that the Framers and Founders did not intend this right to be an individual right.

As to the English, did the rights written in the Magna Carta apply to all Englishmen, or to the non-royal nobility?