[wludavid]

Don't play dumb Lothar. Short descriptions of things are ALWAYS more open to interpretation than long, wordy, vetted statements. That's why contracts are so long.

The "one sentence" is a run-on and the commas are placed weirdly. If someone wanted to, they could interpret it as: "A well regulated militia shall not be infringed. The militia shall have the right to keep and bear arms, as it is necessary to the security of a free State."

I personally don't interpret it that way. Like all things in the Constitution, one has to bear in mind that it was not written by a team of lawyers and grammar experts.

Furthermore, I'm not sure DC is better off without a gun ban. Most of its residents are gun-fearing liberals anyway, so nothing will change much. The criminals will still be the only ones with guns, but now they'll be legal. Some of them anyway. I don't really see that as an improvement.