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To: neverdem
"At issue is the meaning of the oddly constructed text: “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 correct grammar leavess only a single comma.

See, e.g., Commas and the Second Amendment

62 posted on 03/29/2007 6:17:45 PM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a leftist with a word processor.)
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To: boris

Sorry, "leavess"==leaves.


63 posted on 03/29/2007 6:19:44 PM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a leftist with a word processor.)
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