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Quote by: The Decider  The Second Amendment contains an important precondition to gun ownership---"a well-regulated militia." Do militias or armies employ medically diagnosed mental patients? Do they all ex-convicts to join? "Well regulated" means capable and trained gun owners. I don't think George Washington and Thomas Jefferson foresaw a Second Amendment right for Charlie Manson and the VA Tech murderer. |
Parker vs District of Columbia overturned Washington DC's ban on owning guns and it reaffirmed the phrase, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." being independent from the first phrase regarding "militias". The two clauses stand independent of each other.
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/...3/04-7041a.pdf