I had a well educated professor from the UK break the sentence down. He stated that there are actually two seperate sentences in there. One addressing a well regulated militia and the other concerning the non-infringement of the government to keeping and bearing arms. He also went on to say that it addresses a sort of states right issue mentioning a "free state". Addressing as such "A free state". There were what? 13? at that time?
Interesting - the notion of the added protection of states from Federal tyranny.
He also went on to say that it addresses a sort of states right issue mentioning a "free state". Addressing as such "A free state". There were what? 13? at that time?
Yet what if the founders did not mean a "State" but a
state of freedom? It's so easy to interpret it as the
political body we have come to know but that may be wrong.