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Originally Posted by KirStang
"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
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Originally Posted by KirStang
All legal acrobatics aside, a plain reading of the language is pretty clear. It's when interests and politics get involved that things get muddied.
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It might be plain when you ignore the half you don't like.
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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.
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You can (and will) argue the definition of militia; but the fact remains that the 2nd amendment specifically speaks to regulation.
I'm pretty indifferent to guns, gun culture, and such. I just don't buy the any, any, any mentality that the NRA pushes as a constitutional right (Any weapon, any person, anywhere). A single sentence that gives you the right to bear arms, also allows for regulation. Selective quotation doesn't change that.