[MileHi]

How did you come up with the idea that I claimed or believe there is some distinction about which group of people's guns were protected under the 2d?

Because you said "In order for a militia to function well it must have discipline. Thus, the Constitution specifies that it must be officered by state appointed officers and trained as Congress specified. That implies that the militia consists solely of members of some formal militay organization, the Shumer/Feinstein/9th Circus/the-national-guard-is-the-militia view. Your "burdened by govornment rules" definition of "regulated" would fit this view.

[justshutupandtakeit]

No that is a false description of my belief. The constitutionally described militia is NOT the National Guard, it is the militia. There is no other militia. A militia was organized and disciplined. It was not self proclaimed outside of government but formed by states or localities and officered by STATE appointed officers. It is both formal (officered appointed, trained under Congressional provisions) and informal (every able bodied man was subject to be called into militia duty.)

That is the only militia there was and only that was referenced within the Constitution. Armed bands without discipline and officers may have been many things but they were not militia.