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Old October 3rd, 2016, 06:11 PM   #13
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As a non US citizen, it's not my place to say what the people of the USA should and should not do, but I'm interested in the different views.
I see people saying that the Second Amendment gives them the right to bear arms. But this Amendment says: "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."
The way I read this, is that it does not give carte blanche for everyone to hold an arsenal of weapons, but they may be armed, if they are part of an organised militia.
Am I misinterpreting it, or not? Perhaps our American friends could explain it for me?
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