That is not the interpretation I or many others over literal hundreds hundreds of years of documented history believe. This is all besides the point though, I’

That is not the interpretation I or many others over literal hundreds hundreds of years of documented history believe. This is all besides the point though, I’m not here to argue about the specifics of the 2nd amendment and interpretations of each clause. The original poster asked how the US got in the situation with missiles not being in civilian hands based on what they currently knew of the US. The historical reasons behind that are the same whether or not they were made incorrectly > The constitution is designed to be understood by the citizens who are subject to it. Even if I were to accept this as truth, that went out the window when the slaves were freed and I do not accept this as true as you needed to be a white land owning male[1] in the original founding to even vote. There was zero expectation by the founders that everyone subject to the Constitution would be capable of interpreting it correctly. I would need to see some historical evidence before I could have my mind changed on that point [1] Some exceptions, they were all changed to remove the women’s vote at some point up until women’s suffrage was passed