Name:   architect - Subject:   And your point is?? Date:   5/23/2016 9:31:05 AM

"A well regulated Militia beeing necessary for the securing of a free state, the right to bear arms shall not be abridged".  Is not the Secret Service part of a "Well regulated militia"?

The 2d amendment has 2 parts...the left seems to see only the first half and the right only the 2d half.  If you were not brainwashed by the NRA you might put yourself back where the founding fathers were...in a new nation where the force needed to secure its existance consisted of a militarily organized militia made up of volunteers who provided their own weapons.  The 2d Amendment obviously addressed this fact.  It is a matter of interpretation whether it addressed anyone other than those militia volunteers.  To be sure the Supreme Court has said it does...but then the Supreme Court has also approved abortion and same sex marriage!!  I wish we could somehow go back in time to know what was really in the minds of Jefferson and Madison and ask whether they were supportive of the positions of the NRA!!