Posted on 02/13/2014 12:56:58 PM PST by crazylibertarian
exactly.
Made sense as they would all be the ones comprising the army (if pressed into service) at the time.
Swiss still have this idea. Israel too.
Our second amendment was put forth after our Founding Fathers studied the Swiss model. They did quite a bit of review on the subject. They’d seen the powers the Swiss had stood up to for centuries, with militia, and many feared a standing army.
If y’all want to read a really good book about this subject and it’s history, check out, “That Every Man Be Armed,” by Stephen P. Halbrook. I listen to the audiobook when I’m at work. Excellent stuff.
I’ve always thought that the phrase “well regulated” meant “efficient/proficient/skilled/accurate.” Re: “Regulator clocks.”
Regulated” by your interpretation has the meaning of “...bound by law/required.”
In context, using my understanding of the word regulated, the law reads “a skilled militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,....”
Try inserting your definition into the 2nd Amendment.....
Note I resist any interpretation of words that believes that the 2nd Amendment refers to any of limitation or requirement on the People.
bkmk
Regulated” by your interpretation has the meaning of “...bound by law/required.”
No. By my definition, it means it be kept in good working order, with maintained functionality. The referenced laws were what made it mandatory.
On a related note, early court rulings also said that substantial state restrictions on firearms were unconstitutional on the grounds that the states and the union could not deprive each other of a functional militia. I haven’t seen where that was overturned...just ignored.
Since all males at the age of 18 are required to register for selective service, I’m thinking that pretty much constitutes a militia.
. . . and you actually think that journalists respect the right to freedom of the press for anyone other than themselves?
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