If the second amendment was just about having a well regulated militia, then they would not have mentioned the second part about citizens bearing arms.
If the second amendment was just about having a well regulated militia, then they would not have mentioned the second part about citizens bearing arms.
> 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.
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