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In reply to the discussion: You're a f#%king liar and you f#%king know it! [View all]houston_radical
(41 posts)the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
is of course the 2nd Amendment. Many remember this second half, but not the first half. I read this to mean that we have the right to "keep and bear arms" in order to participate in "a well regulated militia" to ensure the "security of a [our] free state".
Actually the word "state" probably refers to one of the several states in our union - from some historical discussions on the formulation of this Amendment.
Check Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution and the well-known, "The President shall be the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States", which of course many know, but read just a little further, "and of the Militia of the several States ...".
So not only is the right to keep and bear arms meant to defend the state, but those participating must take orders from Obama!!
I love pointing this out to gun-nuts - who also often self-identify to be "strict constitutionalists". Checkmate.