> It also seems clear to me that "well-regulated" is not there to be any part of the point of the Second Amendment.
That's how I read it as well. In fact, I consider the whole first part of 2A ("A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,") as more of a quick justification that has no legal bearing on the actual right that follows ("the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
So, essentially, "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State [begets that] the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
That's how I read it as well. In fact, I consider the whole first part of 2A ("A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,") as more of a quick justification that has no legal bearing on the actual right that follows ("the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
So, essentially, "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State [begets that] the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."