I am retired military; I was sworn to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. I have a different opinion.

As stated by Roemer, the amendment consists of a sentence of 27 words. And it cannot be interpreted in pieces, but only as a whole.

Let's look at the Second Amendment as a whole; it is a 27-word sentence in four parts divided by commas.

1. A well regulated Militia. Militia (n.):

An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.

A military force that is not part of a regular army and is subject to call for service in an emergency. The entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; "their troops were untrained militia;" "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia" - United States Constitution.

2. being necessary to the security of a free State. State (n.):

a: politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially: one that is sovereign b: the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government.

One of the more or less internally autonomous territorial and political units composing a federation under a sovereign government: the 48 contiguous states of the Union.

3. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms. People (n.) pl., people:

The citizens of a political unit, such as a nation or state; the electorate. Used with the mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the: "those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes" (Thomas Jefferson).

4. Shall not be infringed. Infringe:

Etymology: Medieval Latin infringere, from Latin, to break, crush, from in - in plus frangere to break transitive verb: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed - U.S. Constitution Amendment II.

When the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is put together and looked at as a whole, it very eloquently states:

A well regulated Militia (composed of ordinary citizens), being necessary to the security of a free State (politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory e.g.; the U.S.), the right of the people to keep and bear Arms (the citizens of a political unit, such as a nation or state; the electorate), shall not be infringed (to encroach upon in a way that violates law).

As you can see, when the Second Amendment is looked at in full context, it is and was the intent and mindset of the U.S. Constitution framers, our founding fathers, that we, the citizens of the United States, have the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.