As sure as nine people have been butchered by yet another gun-wielding maniac, there will be an outcry for more laws controlling the sale and registration of firearms, and the NRA will again claim they are heroically upholding the Second Amendment rights of every American citizen by opposing such action.
However, the NRA has a little secret that they have gotten away with for years. They only quote the second part of the amendment when defending their position: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." The entire amendment reads as follows: "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."
Consider the following. When Baltimore erupted into riots, Gov. Larry Hogan did not put out a call for private citizens to bring their guns to the areas in conflict; rather, he activated the Maryland National Guard, our "well regulated militia." How about them apples!
Marc Raim, Baltimore