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. There it sits, ungrammatical commas and all, a complete anachronism born out of assumptions no longer valid, having long outlived its purpose, haunting the American polity and sowing untold death and destruction. If you’re looking for how a bit of bad drafting can intersect with the often ludicrous logic of over-trained legal minds, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States should do you quite nicely. It probably seemed simple and … Continue reading The Second Amendment