As a gray-haired white man with some familiarity with firearms, today's gathering in Richmond,

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25. The Second Amendment in clear language.

The 2nd Amendment is kind of written a little funny; re-phrasing with "because" helps out a lot:

"Because a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."

The Founding Fathers led with the importance of having a well-regulated militia.
The purpose of the Amendment is to ensure the country has that militia, not to ensure that each citizen can have a gun -- otherwise they would have led with that part of the sentence instead of the other way around. At the time, the country did not have a standing army, but now and for a long time we have had such an army -- a "well-regulated militia" -- so the purpose of the Amendment has been fulfilled. Restrictions on private gun ownership, whether in terms of types of weapons, or how and when they are obtained, or whether each and every citizen of "the people" is eminently and permanently eligible for gun ownership, can be implemented -- and probably should be, for the security of the people -- without violating the spirit of intent of the Amendment.

Just my two cents.

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