The simple English grammar of Amendment II does not support the claimed, absurd meaning cited in your article.
Regard$,
--MJ
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of people are armed and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States ... -- Noah Webster
The modern drive against gun control started with an expansive
interpretation of the Second Amendment as bestowing an absolute,
individual right to "keep" and "bear" arms, rather than a societal
right based on the need for a "well-regulated militia."
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