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The comma is "just an 'and'"? > A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state and the right of the people to keep and bear arms shal
by vacri 9y ago
The comma is "just an 'and'"?
> A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state and the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
It's a garbage sentence.
Also, there isn't a 'first part' and a 'second part', because "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state" is not a complete sentence.
- bitJericho 9y agoThe sentence means this: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, shall not be infringed. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, being necessary to the security of a free State, shall not be infringed. The comma acts as an "and", to combine two different but similar rights
- eswoo 9y agoBut how do you infringe on a militia? Only one right is actually mentioned here; nothing is said about a right to a militia.