[ifinnegan]

Or it meant well armed.

There is no reason rocket launchers and anti aircraft weapons should not be in the hands of citizens if the 2nd Amendment is for defense of the citizenry when the Army needs help or can’t do it.

I would submit it is not unconstitutional to ban hunting, but is to disallow private ownership of anti-aircraft weapons.

[mylife]

Amen

[baltimorepoet]

Or it meant well armed. There is no reason rocket launchers and anti aircraft weapons should not be in the hands of citizens if the 2nd Amendment is for defense of the citizenry when the Army needs help or can’t do it. I would submit it is not unconstitutional to ban hunting, but is to disallow private ownership of anti-aircraft weapons.

So called "assault weapons" are still just small arms. Not sure the Founders wanted to include artillery.

[Forty-Niner]

Actually “well regulated” means “efficient/accurate.” The 2nd’s purpose was to insure that those called to National military service were familiar in the use of personal weapons and required little to no rifle training by protecting the populace’s ownership and use of weapons.

Reading the 2nd using that idea in the text clarifies the Founder’s intent.