That is not, however, what it says:
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.
Militia had a distinct meaning in the 18th century - and Washington thought very little of them - but it took a really tortured reasoning by the conservative wing of the court to ignore the well-regulated part (which had been clear enough to everyone from 1788 to 2008!) and rule that any shithead could have a gun.
And as this thread shows, plenty of shitheads now have them.
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.
Militia had a distinct meaning in the 18th century - and Washington thought very little of them - but it took a really tortured reasoning by the conservative wing of the court to ignore the well-regulated part (which had been clear enough to everyone from 1788 to 2008!) and rule that any shithead could have a gun.
And as this thread shows, plenty of shitheads now have them.