[saraid216]

> we have roughly one amendment every 5-10 years after WWI until the seventies.

> And then suddenly that stops for 42 (so far) years.

I missed this earlier, but you've got your facts wrong. The last ratified amendment was the 27th in 1992, or 21 years ago. The 26th was 21 years before that in 1971.

> Is the text about well regulated militia needed for security still relevant when you have professional huge standing army ?

The Wikipedia page has a lovely summary of Judge Scalia (and originalist) contorting himself to pieces over it. It would be entertaining if it weren't law.