Quote Originally Posted by Little-Acorn View Post
That's laughably false. Where do you get this stuff?

In the phrase "keep and bear arms", "keep" means to own them, "bear" means to carry them (or at least have them with you), ready to use. And the meanings were the same in 1776 (or in 1791, when that phrase became law) as they are today.

You might want to look through this essay for backup:
http://constitution.org/2ll/schol/2amd_grammar.htm

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How does a bunch of citizens walking around packing heat constitute "a well regulated militia"? As far as I know, you don't need to join the state militia in order to get a gun in the US?

Doesn't the current interpretation that everyone can have a gun ignore this important part of the 2nd amendment?

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.