Freedom1Man
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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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right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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By contrast, some anti-gun politicians have tried to read the sentence as follows:
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.
They take the two phrases in brackets as modifying a well regulated Militia: "a well regulated militia, which is necessary to the security of a free state—in other words, the right of the people to keep and bear arms—shall not be infringed."
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