Reply #224: You are mistaken on multiple points. [View All]

[ManiacJoe]

> and I'm sure if the Founders sole intent was to ensure that that every citizen
> could walk around every day armed to the teeth that they would have stated that clearly

Being armed to the teeth was a option that they wanted to leave open to the individual. And they did state it clearly; see the main clause of the Second Amendment.

> They included the opening clause

As with any "whereas" opening clause, it does not place restrictions on the main clause. It just lists one or more reasons from the non-exhaustive list of reasons leading to the main clause. It intro clause is not even required to be related to the main clause. The removal of the intro clause would not affect the main clause any.