The full text of the 2nd amendment is > A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arm

The full text of the 2nd amendment is > 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 For the vast majority of US legal history the interpretation of this confusing text focused on the first half ("A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State"). Nowadays all we hear is the 2nd half. The idea that it's about an individual's right to carry and not about the right of a state to holding a standing army is a very modern invention and actually started around the Civil Rights era. Black Panthers were actually one of the major groups that pushed for this interpretation. To be clear, that interpretation existed before that but it was definitely a niche idea. Tim Walz is threatening to mobilize the Minnesota National Guard to expel ICE. The 2nd amendment was made exactly for a situation like this but today its original intent feels far gone.