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To: Westbrook

“Well regulated”, in the common parlance of the time the term was written into the Second Amendment, means “well trained.”


As I understand it; “Well Regulated” also means well equipped in the historical parlance.


53 posted on 02/19/2018 2:35:50 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Revolutionary

Yes, and back in the day it meant the citizens having the same weaponry as the government. So......that means....


60 posted on 02/19/2018 5:24:39 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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