"The decision by the 9th U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the amendment 's right to bear arms is intended to maintain effective state militias and is not an individual right . '' The historical record makes it equally plain that the amendment was not adopted in order to afford rights to individuals with respect to private gun ownership or possession , `` Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote . The 9th U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals is the same federal court that ruled earlier this year that the phrase `` under God `` in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the separation of church and state . http : //www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,72371,00.html"
"That settles the matter ."
"The decision by the 9th U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the amendment 's right to bear arms is intended to maintain effective state militias and is not an individual right"
"That settles the matter ."