Originally Posted by Willravel

"A well regulated Militia" - an organized, armed fighting force
"being necessary to the security of a free State" - not being under government control
"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." - shall not have their guns taken

Put it all together:
An organized fighting force, separate from the government, shall not have their guns taken away from them.

That is how the amendment reads. To suggest it means anything else is to ignore the very words which were crafted by some of our nation's great leaders and passed both by the infant House and Senate. The actual words above simply must override highly suspect correspondence and notes from the time which are quoted by those who wish to taylor the meaning of the amendment to their own wants. The verbiage is perfectly clear.

Know.