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FAA withdraws rule asserting collective right

War on Guns is reporting that the FAA withdrew the rule asserting that the Second Amendment is a collective right.

I suspect that the original rule's provision was inserted by some antigun staffer, and overlooked by everyone else, since it was an explanation of why they had a provision barring gun possession during private flight into outer space. Which does seem a rather minor issue, since (1) a person is unlikely to be robbed or criminally assaulted while in a space capsule and (2) they don't have metal detectors anyway. On the other hand, perhaps "Aliens" is an accurate depiction of why you might want to pack a 12 gauge...