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It is clearly not an explanatory note. There is no other example in the Constitution of an explanatory note. It is clear that the militia was an important institution in colonial America, in light of the Framers' distrust of standing armies, and that the clause explains the context in which the right to keep and bear arms was not to be infringed.

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Andy,
what would you say to the interpretation that the 2nd amendment prevents federal regulations without preventing individual state regulations?