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jmg257

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8. Not really - otherwise I wonder what the hell this sentence means, then?
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 12:35 PM
Apr 2016

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.


No soldier shall...but in a manner to be proscribed by law.

No soldier shall...nor in time of war.

No soldier shall...without consent of the owner.

In time of peace in any house...but in a manner proscribed by law.



Strange how all those commas really don't do anything at all to change the intended meaning...

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.

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