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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.
Every state had it's own militia back then. It's one of the reasons our Civil War was so bad, every state had an army.
"A well regulated Militia" is obvious. States are allowed their militias, the fed gets to regulate them.
" the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Most legal scholars say the people in this case are militia members.
The states wanted the second amendment because they didn't want the fed to take their militias away. The second amendment guarantees the right of the states to have militias.
Every state had it's own militia back then. It's one of the reasons our Civil War was so bad, every state had an army.
"A well regulated Militia" is obvious. States are allowed their militias, the fed gets to regulate them.
" the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Most legal scholars say the people in this case are militia members.
The states wanted the second amendment because they didn't want the fed to take their militias away. The second amendment guarantees the right of the states to have militias.