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. A well regulated militia shall not be infringed, because it is necessary to the security of a free state."A well regulated Militia, being neccesary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. If the Second Amendment protects an individual right of the people that shall not be infringed, who or what is the militia and how is it to be well-regulated? 1791: The framers knew what the 2nd Amendment does—it confirms the States' right to keep armed militia. Miller, looked toward the first part of the Second Amendment, which places the possession of weapons in the context of a wellregulated militia. First, most individual rights theorists might accept the idea that one purpose of the Amendment was to ensure an armed citizenry to make up the militia. "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. Some Americans defend it.