True. And it's still badly written. As an editor, would you let that sentence go by you unaltered? I certainly wouldn't.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Excellent find, feste. No chance of his suggested amendment being enacted, though, I fear. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : The 2nd Amendment is badly written and is itself in need of amendment. I agree with Justice John Paul Stevens who would amend it thus: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the Militia shall not be infringed.” That would get rid of all this nonsense about the right of individuals to carry whatever arms they choose. It is a collective right, not an individual one. How to fix the Second Amendment http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html How to fix the Second Amendment http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html Just add five words, says former justice John Paul Stevens. View on www.washingtonpost... http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html Preview by Yahoo