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The Second Amendment is widely seen as quite unusual, because it has a justification clause as well as an operative clause. Professor Volokh points out that this structure was actually quite commonplace in American constitutions of the Framing era: State Bills of Rights contained justification clauses for many of the rights they secured. Looking at these state provisions, he suggests, can shed light on how the similarly structured Second Amendment should be interpreted. In particular, the provisions show that constitutional rights will often -- and for good reason -- be written in ways that are to some extent overinclusive and to some extent underinclusive with respect to their stated justifications.
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if wiki is to be taken at face value, then this alone should show that the 2nd amendment is not gramatically incorrect, especially if it's used in a majority of state amendments, would it not?
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Originally Posted by willravel
"A well regulated militia..." The militia is well regulated, not the people.
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The militia? or the 'people' in the militia?
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
Last edited by dksuddeth; 04-26-2008 at 11:27 AM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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