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Originally Posted by Richard
I see it as an amendable stipulation within a document which contains necessarily onerous provisions for amendment as determined by the needs and cumulative will of the nation it created, a document providing a foundation for a historically important pact of yet to be determined longevity between a citizenry and its democratically constituted government.
How do you see it?
Richard 
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I see it as etched in stone, written by a nation of brave men that fought hard to win their freedom and vowed to write a document that left no doubts in anyone's mind that "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It meaning is crystal clear to me. It's also crystal clear why it's the Second Amendment and not the 11th or 12th. Our forefathers wanted it to be as important as the First Amendment as it goes hand in hand with defending our freedoms.
I have no doubt what our great forefathers were thinking when they drafted the Second Amendment. They left no possibility that the People would ever be disarmed. They knew then that "Power" is an illusion with a well armed populace.
It's a right, not a privilege.