“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.” – Second Amendment
The founders were making two distinct and separate points in the Second Amendment of which neither was to be “infringed” upon.
POINT 1 - A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, shall not be infringed.
POINT 2 - The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Those two separate and distinct God given rights is exactly what the founders were stating.
The people are the Militia, and there right to form said Militia shall not be infringed.
The people’s right to bear arms shall not be infringed.
No the Founders weren't making 2 separate points they were making 3 interdependent ones. You correctly covered 1 & 2 above. 3 is that the govt is not to have standing forces IE it should be disarmed. Consider the points I made in this presentation:
The Broken Constitution
https://youtu.be/8X7UI3rkwqM
