"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."
I stress, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms"
It is not the right of the militia, not the right of the army, navy, air force, or marines. It is not the right of the police force or national guard. IT IS the Right of the PEOPLE. No organization or group - but it is the individual.
Why now over 200 years we are questioning this? 100 years ago gunslingers, citizens, and frontiersmen did not need permits and no one questioned it? Seems that the further we go the more we lose sight of where we started.
Here it is plain and simple:
"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."
I stress, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms"
It is not the right of the militia, not the right of the army, navy, air force, or marines. It is not the right of the police force or national guard. IT IS the Right of the PEOPLE. No organization or group - but it is the individual.
Why now over 200 years we are questioning this? 100 years ago gunslingers, citizens, and frontiersmen did not need permits and no one questioned it? Seems that the further we go the more we lose sight of where we started.