RPRNY
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Hoofan is correct and thus has SCOTUS repeatedly ruled. Were a law to read "It being abhorrent to God and good men, the people shall not kill " atheists and bad men would not be exempted from the prohibition. Were the Second Amendment to read "Recognizing the Moon is made of green cheese, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed ", the operative clause would remain in effect. The militia part of the clause may or may not have been compromise language to get the second part of the clause passed but as Hoofan notes, the right is ascribed to "the people " not to members of a well regulated militia.
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