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.
So that the people would be equipped to be in a well regulated militia
Read up on the Federalist Papers. The militia ain't the National Guard BTW.
>So that the people would be equipped to be in a well regulated militia
So if it read "well educated children, being necessary to the prosperity of a capitalist nation, the right of the people to possess and read books, shall not be infringed." you'd argue that only kids could have books, eh?
What part of "the right of the people to..." don't you understand? (Look up dependent and independent clauses in a grammar book [though by modern standards, there's admittedly an extra comma after "arms" it doesn't change the meaning.])