2nd Amendment wording
The claim that the wording of the 2nd amendment does not grant the right to bear arms is actually quite true.
“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.” does indeed not GRANT the right, it acknowledges It’s existence!
The amendment can therefore be seen as re-enforcing an existing right by stating the need for militia being a particular reason for not infringing upon it. Other potential infringements are not addressed but they would nevertheless be just that, infringements.
“Someday, my friend, you will learn that words have exact meanings.”
Francisco, in Atlas Shrugged.
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