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It’s a sad mark on humanity that the militia myth is still around. SCOTUS cases aside, the 2nd Amendment isn’t written unclearly.
2nd states as follows: “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.”
Let’s break it down. “A well regulated Militia” is the start of a statement. “being necessary to the security of a free State” is a clarifying statement to statement one. “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” is continuation of the statement.
In other words, the amendment states that “A well regulated Militia, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” It identifies two things (historically intertwined) that shall not be infringed, and clarifies why it extends that protection to the first thing.
This is clear reading using the basic English skills. Alternative reading, which requires looking into how militias were used historically, would state that because Militias are needed for survival of USA, the right of the people to bear arms will not be denied.
In neither one of the statements, or indeed any rational reading of the amendment, is Militia the qualifying conditional statement.