The 2nd amendment was - and is...laughable... in its' ancient grammar, and in its' oblivious intent....

Let me quote it...

"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."

First of all...what is a "Well regulated militia"? police? National guard? a rag-tag group of pretend soldiers? What was it then...and does it mean the same today?

For decades, legal scholars and advocates on both sides of the gun control issue have differed over the intended meaning of the Founding Fathers.

Did they mean that only those citizens who are organized into official militias by local or regional jurisdictions have the right to bear arms?

Or that anyone can keep arms because they might eventually join a “well-regulated” militia?

And what about the storage of the arms themselves? Can citizens keep them in their homes, or only in armories that supply the cited well-regulated militias?

Further, even assuming that every law-abiding citizen can own firearms, does that right extend to locked-and-loaded open carry in public?

This is why many want a constitutional amendment that at least upgrades the language of this vague, absurd, and badly dated "amendment".

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