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SAINT
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Enumerated second only to the right to express ourselves freely and worship, or not, as we choose. There is perhaps no more misunderstood part of the Bill of Rights, or the entire Constitution.
The Second Amendment is often said to grant the right to own guns, or to hunt. Sometimes that notion only displays ignorance. Other times it’s deliberately subversive. In truth, the Second Amendment does no such thing. The Constitution does not grant rights. It protects rights.
The last four words are important. Shall not be infringed.
athlonoutdoors.com
But what about the first clause? A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State…
Legally, the 2008 Heller v. DC Supreme Court decision unequivocally stated that the second clause, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed, is not dependent upon the first clause addressing the militia.
Linguistically, “well regulated,” in 1791 vernacular, means “well-trained” or “well-equipped.”
Enumerated second only to the right to express ourselves freely and worship, or not, as we choose. There is perhaps no more misunderstood part of the Bill of Rights, or the entire Constitution.
The Second Amendment is often said to grant the right to own guns, or to hunt. Sometimes that notion only displays ignorance. Other times it’s deliberately subversive. In truth, the Second Amendment does no such thing. The Constitution does not grant rights. It protects rights.
The last four words are important. Shall not be infringed.
The Second Amendment: Guardian of American Liberty
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, the right to keep and bear arms. It reads: A well regulated
athlonoutdoors.com
But what about the first clause? A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State…
Legally, the 2008 Heller v. DC Supreme Court decision unequivocally stated that the second clause, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed, is not dependent upon the first clause addressing the militia.
Linguistically, “well regulated,” in 1791 vernacular, means “well-trained” or “well-equipped.”
