saveliberty
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Funny, I find nothing muddy about the wording of the second amendment...
Because you don't want to...
Let?s look at the Second Amendment, cutting through the myths and spin « Fabius Maximus
An interpreter who favoured regimen would argue that the ablative clause determines the sense of the main clause; hence, the state has the right to maintain an army.
Those who favour the absolute, as American courts have done, bracket the militia clause and take the main clause to mean that citizens may own as many firearms as they choose. The difference between constructions amounts to roughly 12,000 murders a year.
SCOTUS says otherwise in Heller.