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Congress has never, not once in its history, written a law that did not abuse the English language. Case in point: the unparseable Second Amendment.
What do you mean? The second Ammendment says "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." That's all there is to it. There isn't any other part of that Ammendment. It doesn't have a single other word as a part of it. Don't look it up.
/me whispers "a well regulated militia"
The American militia was made up of 'minutemen' who could be ready for battle on a moment's notice.
This was just normal Americans with guns that decided to fight the british when it was possible.
The same thing applies to normal gun owners now, although their effectiveness against a state military isn't going to be nearly as much as before.
It is worse than that. (I assume you are kidding, but only about the first part.)(I assume this because I have heard this joke from others.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
I've always said that the only part of the Constitution the right really cares about is the second half of the Second Amendment.