Letter: Second Amendment to the US constitution

Monday 26 April 1999 19:02 EDT

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Sir: Steve Devereux (letter, 23 April) omits the first part of the Second Amendment to the US constitution. The right to keep and bear arms clearly refers to the people as members of a defence force, as the full text of the amendment makes clear: "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."

BERNARD A FAY

Marbella, Spain

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