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> What part of "well regulated militia" is unclear?

What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" is unclear? If you're going to base your argument on the first few words you can't win against the opposition does the same with the last part.

> Maybe all of it if you have a political slant, but no literate person who didn't set out with an agenda actually takes the second amendment to mean "any lunatic with $100 and an axe to grind should be allowed to own weapons of mass destruction without even proving they're sober and sane."

What WMDs can be had for only $100 that would actually fall under firearm regulation?

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> What WMDs can be had for only $100 that would actually fall under firearm regulation?

Maybe I have a coupon? Is the price really the part of this that sticks in your craw?

>If you're going to base your argument on the first few words you can't win against the opposition does the same with the last part.

I'm fine with not infringing on the well regulated militias rights. Exactly as it was written.

> Maybe I have a coupon? Is the price really the part of this that sticks in your craw?

It was the price and also the reference to WMDs. You can't get WMDs at all so the price part is irrelevant.

> I'm fine with not infringing on the well regulated militias rights. Exactly as it was written.

That's also a cherry-picking way to interpret that line. You're intentionally leaving out the part that is inconvenient to your opinion.

> You can't get WMDs at all so the price part is irrelevant.

How many deaths per minute do you consider the minimum to qualify as a WMD? There are probably several firearms legally available that can meet it.

> That's also a cherry-picking way to interpret that line.

See my other post beneath this grandparent. It's long, but a bit more nuanaced.

It's objectively clear what the founding fathers meant, and it wasn't "lunatics should be able to buy guns without a drug test first" as the NRA seems to think.

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