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UT: What is the Second Amendment really about?
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Mark A. Taff
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Ask any gun enthusiast what the Second Amendment says and the answer will likely be a paraphrased version of, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” But this is only the concluding half of the amendment.
The generally ignored opening clause provides an interesting premise for that conclusive final statement. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,” the amendment begins. What does this mean, and why was it included? |
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MarkHamTownsend
(10/14/2017)
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"Robert Hammer is a health care financial analytics manager who has actually read and thought about the Constitution," reads a blurb on this site.
Too bad he apparently has only two working brain cells. His "thinking" (if it could be called that....) falls way short.
It's the age- old meme that the first clause of the 2A restricts the right to keep & bear arms to the "militia," meaning the military.
It's old bullhockey that has been deconstructed here and elsewhere long ago, but, like a bad penny, keeps popping up. |
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