In this post
I argued that if the part before the operative one of the second amendment was not intended to restrict the operative clause and the operative clause always applies then the operative clause would have been placed in a much more needed position and fits much better at the beginning instead of the arrangement through which the amendment was expressed.
Today I noticed that such arrangement not only was not chosen but was explicitly avoided as it came in this initially suggested wording
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country but..."
(more details in the Wikipedia article)
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