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NRA version of 2nd Amendment lacks common sense - Daily Southtown:
June 05, 2015:  by David McGrath (a Chicago Tribune subsection)

So the wording and structure of the Second Amendment protects the people's right to bear arms only if they belong to a state militia.

So David McGrath has decided that 70% of Americans, along with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)  and enough Federal District Courts, State Supreme Courts, and enough individual case studies to sink the Bismarck are wrong.

And he is right.

Because of ... Grammar.

You've seen the Money Quote, now here's his embarrassing explanation:

 ... in 2008, the Supreme Court, in the case of Heller vs. the District of Columbia, embraced the NRA's contortion of the Second Amendment to mean that it gives private citizens unrestricted gun rights, whether or not they belong to a militia. In other words, the Supreme Court was persuaded that the first half of the sentence written by our forefathers did not exist.But the introductory phrase about the militia, known to English teachers as an absolute phrase, cannot be ignored.
In grammatical terms, the amendment
consists of the main clause about the people, preceded by the absolute phrase about the militia that "modifies the entire sentence" — changing or limiting its meaning, according to the McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, the textbook in use in hundreds of colleges and universities.
So the wording and structure of the Second Amendment protects the people's right to bear arms only if they belong to a state militia.

(italics added for emphasis)

Since McGrath, in his arrogance, completely dismissed the HELLER decision, it would be meaningless to cite other case law in opposition to his opinion.   When an anti-gun argument considers the ..... McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, the textbook in use in hundreds of colleges and universities  .... to be more persuasive than SCOTUS, it's obvious that this dickwad learned individual has made up his mind and by GAWD nobody's going to convince him otherwise!!!!

It sounds as if he has already attended one of these colleges and/or universities, and he is a sterling example of the Liberal  "Progressive"  brainwashing "education" available at these hundreds of colleges and/or universities.

David McGrath, a former resident of Evergreen Park and Oak Forest, is an emeritus professor of English at the College of DuPage.

Damn!   We didn't see THAT one coming, did we?

PS: Here's a link to 2014 violence in Chicago