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The 2A, despite Scalia's "jiggery-pokery", is talking about an organized, disciplined militia (answerable primarily to the State, not the Federal).

But, again, we've gone over this before. The Constitution was written with an economy of words. So each word means something. The first 13 words of the 2A mean something, and I think Hamilton pretty much elaborates it in 29.

Their weapons need to come from somewhere...namely, their homes.
Can't do that...unless you have the right to keep and bear arms. Case closed.

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