[NorthMountain]

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

They were “well regulated”: they had arms and knew how to use them.

[PeterPrinciple]

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

They were “well regulated”: they had arms and knew how to use them.

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But MORE IMPORTANTLY they had hearts, they knew what they were fighting for. That is part of the “well regulated”, the most important part.

If I shake you awake in the middle of the night and ask what you are fighting for, after you reach for your gun, what do you tell me?

George Washington and many patriots could answer that. What is our answer?