Well regulated meant then - and now, well trained. Not regulated in today's sense of the phrase. Numerous sources discuss this.
Existence and therefore the right to exist and therefore the right to defend existence is one of the most basic human rights.
**Existence and therefore the right to exist and therefore the right to defend existence is one of the most basic human rights.**
Well said, and may I add, those rights are given to us by God. :)
Carry on.
There was Bach's 'The Well Tempered Clavier'. Best example of interpretations of words' meanings over the years would be the word 'gay'.
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Well regulated meant then - and now, well trained. Not regulated in today’s sense of the phrase. Numerous sources discuss this.
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IMO, ‘regulate’ = ‘to make regular’; not so much ‘well trained’. In as much as I love to confound the ignorant, stupid a/o Leftist (I repeat myself):
“Regulate” has the SAME meaning in the 2nd as it does in the “interstate commerce” clause (which they ALL love). Hard to have ‘(govt) control’ [today’s def. of the word] when the 2nd specifically states “shall not be infringed”. IOW, it would be in opposition to itself.
If you see my post #44 below, Alexander Hamilton was willing to settle for just demonstrating that people had working arms appropriate to the task, that they knew how to use them, and that they were assembled periodically to be inspected.
He felt that "well trained" would be too much of a drain on productive society for a citizen militia.
-PJ
I always liked the point that it also meant regulated, as a clock. As in timing your firing and reloading so as not to be shooting sparks everywhere when powder might be exposed.