Well, debating the text is the only way to start changing the usual interpretation. I agree with you about the roots of violence. I'd still rather have someone coming after me with a knife than standing 100 feet away and shooting at me.

Isn't Weird Al great? Apparently endlessly witty.

I've been asking the any-gun-anywhere-anytime crowd for years what they make of the militia clause, and I still haven't heard an answer that means anything . . .