Rustic
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Read in the context of the Era... The second amendment all about stopping the controlling nature of any said federal government.The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution says, "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."
The way that I read it, the clause, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed," is predicated on, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state." This tells me that people who want to "keep and bear arms" must be a part of a "well regulated militia" if they want to claim Second Amendment rights.
What we have now with most, if not all, civilian ownership of "arms" is basically a free-for-all where there are few, if any, rules and regulations, and no organization. For sure, there is nothing "well regulated" and there is no "militia" in current civilian gun ownership. And this free-for-all is not protected by the Second Amendment.
What the Second Amendment really says
Washington said it best...