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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Mar. 28, 2008

Clear Intent

Forum Column - By Robert A. Philipson - The Constitution completely protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, and opponents who suggest otherwise are only imagining what they want to hear.

FORUM COLUMN

By Robert A. Philipson
This article appears on Page 6

      The Second Amendment says: "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."
      One might reasonably paraphrase this as: Because a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state, the ...

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