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Judge for yourself.. here are the comments on the various versions of the

This is the version ratified by Delaware and used by the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller:

> 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 state-ratified versions, such as Maryland's, omitted the first or final commas:

> 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.

The ratification acts from New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina contained only one comma, but with differences in capitalization. Pennsylvania's act states:[34]

> 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.

The ratification act from New Jersey has no commas:

> 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.

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