Actually, a literal reading of the 2nd amendment says that since an armed body of citizens (a militia) is necessary to preserve freedom, the average citizens must be armed. Therefore, the right to be armed shall not be infringed.
There are several versions of the Amendment,
some with one, two or three commas, possibly
some with the word “state” not capitalized.
If “state” not capitalized the reference to Statehood
is misplaced and refers to a state of freedom.
In any event the content and meaning of the principle
phrase is unchanged.
Shall not be INFRINGED means exactly what it says.
For far too long we have allowed infringment and
our “rights” have been made hollow. Enough!
Post of the thread.