Gun Control & RKBA
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(12,194 posts)"....;but the reason for the right isn't to secure a well regulated militia which is necessary to the security of a free state."
"Would that make sense?"
Your implication is that it matters. It does not.
The law, as written, is the law, as it exists. The only people interested in rehashing any of this, are people like you, who wish to redefine and reinterpret a rule that binds government, into a rule that doesn't bind government nearly as much. Many of those people, even to the extent that it doesn't bind government at all.
The "reason for the right", isn't a binding condition on the restrictions placed upon government. It is a written justification for the amendment itself. Nothing more, nothing less.
The liberty of the press being essential to the security of freedom in a state....
By your logic, the above would only apply to "the press". History on the other hand paints a different picture.