TheArchDuke
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There's a lot of debate over what the second amendment actually means. I personally think the debate is artificial. Everyone knows EXACTLY what it means...they just don't like it.
Anyway, since the wording is supposedly so confusing, how would you put it in today's English (not that English is all that different than when the 2A was written..)?
Personally, I've always read it as "Since a well regulated militia is neccessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The second amendment not only clears up who is allowed to keep and bear arms, but really, it defines what the militia is. Why would it mention the need for a militia and the people's right to bear arms in the same breath if they weren't somehow related?
Anyway, since the wording is supposedly so confusing, how would you put it in today's English (not that English is all that different than when the 2A was written..)?
Personally, I've always read it as "Since a well regulated militia is neccessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The second amendment not only clears up who is allowed to keep and bear arms, but really, it defines what the militia is. Why would it mention the need for a militia and the people's right to bear arms in the same breath if they weren't somehow related?