“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.”
I would say this affirms our rights. Armed militias cannot be formed unless those joining the militia possess the arms in the first place. Regulated or not. If a militia is forming to prevent the abuses of gov’t, it would make no sense allowing the gov’t to control the arms the militia would require. JMT
Then the founding fathers should have said ‘Militia’.
It doesn't so you Statists can choke on it, okay?
How's about we make a deal with the Statists, that if they push this too far, incrementally chipping away at this right – paperwork for every firearm transaction, registration..
That after we send them off to one of their favorite Statist utopias like Cuba, North Korea or Venezuela, we PROMISE to rewrite the 2nd amendment just as:
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
That should make all of us happy – they can exist in a third world Statist h*ll hole and we don't have to hear their moronic talking points about militias and such, problem solved.