Although it was far from leading me to ignore the clear-cut meaning of the preceding part, that "the right of the people" kept pinching me for its possible effect on other people. Now that I paid attention to how recognizing that "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," leads to a right to keep and bear Arms, also imply the existence of that right before the point of that recognition whenever "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," was the status, there is no trouble in seeing "the right of the people" as originating from the same root and the Amendment appears in better harmony.
But it is not just about interpreting the Amendment as a whole. I started to care more about what using the expression "the right of the people" imply, because of the 14th Amendment incorporating issue. Now there is no reason to see that expression originating from seeing a right to keep and bear Arms for reasons other than "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,".
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