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The Second Amendment: How Does It Work? Progressives Have No Idea
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Mark A. Taff
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I genuinely want to be done with defending the Second Amendment from the regular barrage of its historically illiterate and inept detractors—the people who say this amendment protects only the “right” of the “militia” to own weapons.
One friend and fellow gun rights activist said it’s best to just ignore such people, in the same way that you might ignore people who say triangles have four sides or that the Sun orbits the Earth. It is tempting to just stop engaging the dopes who simply refuse to consider basic, objective historical facts. |
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PHORTO
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There is a glaring omission from this article.
The author sets about debunking a ridiculous parsing of the Second Amendment, but his effort would be completely unnecessary if he made this one point:
The Second Amendment, as submitted to the states, ratified by the states, verified and posted by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, HAD ONLY ONE COMMA.
IOW, the superfluous 1st and 3rd commas generate the mischief the author arduously labors to dismantle, and if he merely stressed the "one comma" fact, such mischief would become moot.
Nobody knows who inserted those two commas, but the purpose for doing so is apparent - to equate "A well-regulated militia" with the "right of the people".
We need to address this, once and for all. |
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