Yes, paragraph (1) of DC v Heller is an appeal to ignorance of the law that is corrected by paragraph (2).
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No, it is not. It is an appeal to an expert in language and usage.
That is irrelevant anyway - YOU are charging that the second amendment (if i read your posts correctly) codifies a right connected with the militia when the SCOTUS has affirmed that it is an INDIVIDUAL right. That is no longer a legal question - it is settled legal law.
Yes, paragraph (1) of DC v Heller is an appeal to ignorance of the law that is corrected by paragraph (2).
Can you cite where in paragraph (2)
of that very same holding, upholds paragraph (1)?
Your are going to have to cite specifically what paragraph you are referring to or I cant show anything. There is no 'first paragraph' as court findings are generally not written like a book.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER
Of note:
"But apart from that clarifying function, a prefatory clause
does not limit or expand the scope of the operative clause."
"Putting all of these textual elements together, we find that they guarantee the
individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation. This meaning is strongly confirmed by the historical background of the
Second Amendment . We look to this because it has always been widely understood that the
Second Amendment , like the First and
Fourth Amendment s, codified a
pre-existing right. The very text of the
Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it “shall not be infringed.” As we said in
United States v.
Cruikshank,
92 U. S. 542, 553 (1876) , “[t]his is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The Second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed … .”
16"
The right is not dependent upon connection to any militia - the entire opinion of the court states that over and over again.