Grave_n_idle wrote:The Second Amendment grants a freedom to the states. It restricts Congress from infringing on the rights of states to 'stock' their militias.
Thus, it is not out of place, and being 'imperative' doesn't make it a 'restriction' on the states.
Second Amendment wrote:“ 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. ”
Of course! How could I have missed that this referred to the states' rights and not the people's.