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To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
"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.[1]"

The Second Amendment contains only a single comma [0].

7 posted on 04/21/2003 6:09:12 PM PDT by boris (Education is always painful; pain is always educational)
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To: boris
The Second Amendment contains only a single comma.

The Second Amendment is written exactly like this:

"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 have looked at the original document written by James Madison and found it is exactly as written above.

8 posted on 04/21/2003 7:47:59 PM PDT by 2nd_Amendment_Defender ("It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." -- Patrick Henry)
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To: boris
I have just read from the link you posted. Does this mean the document I looked at was not the copy that was ratified? The Second Amendment is posted as the Fourth Amendment in the document I read that James Madison hand wrote. I am thinking the ratified copy of the Bill of Rights is written differently.
9 posted on 04/21/2003 9:18:24 PM PDT by 2nd_Amendment_Defender ("It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." -- Patrick Henry)
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