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Originally Posted by Chris
I’ve pointed it out a number of times, but seeing as you asked, here it is again.
The full clause is “ 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”.
You quoted “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
The second half of the sentence is conditional on the first half. In quoting only half the sentence you changed its meaning. You misquoted it.
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Yes, but let’s play Devils Advocate here and definitely say millions of Americans interpret the 2nd Amendment as just saying, the same, that it means, the right to bear arms.
That said, there have been 2 recent Supreme Court cases involving the interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, while the court overturned blanket bans on handgun ownership in homes, in Chicago and Washington DC, the highest court of the land did prescribe limitations…
” the right to keep and bear arms is not ‘a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.’”