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not exactly what it's saying, there.
the 2a a) recognizes that a well regulated militia(*) is necessary and b) the people need to be allowed to keep arms to allow that to happen.
That's it.
* "The Militia" is probably referring to, what we could consider today to the be national guardsmen (during this time period, the 'militia' was just men of a certain age- military age. it was also common for towns to muster their own militia for the purpose of things like law enforcement.)
That said.... yeah. they're probably going to fuck up on this one too.
Conservatives never read the whole thing. They just repeat the bits they like -- like a bible.
FWIW, it also says, "the people" not "a person." When the constitution is enumerating an individual right, it typically does so with different language.