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  • The 2nd Amendment: Framers Intentions

    Posted on February 27th, 2018 cwmoore No comments

    This is a good article that is easy for the non-lawyers to understand the intent of the 2nd amendment based on supportive documents of the time”

    QUOTE:The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “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 reference to a “well regulated” militia, probably conjures up a connotation at odds with the meaning intended by the Framers. In today’s English, the term “well regulated” probably implies heavy and intense government regulation. However, that conclusion is erroneous………  https://www.lectlaw.com/files/gun01.htm

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    I decided to include it here because I thought it well written.

     

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