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To: William Tell

I don’t think the term “well-regulated” meant government controlled. Rather, a well-regulated militia is something beyond a ragtag assemblage of individuals but instead one that has enough experience and skill that it can be mustered into a combat unit of whatever size (squad, platoon or company) to ensure the security of a free state.


21 posted on 05/11/2014 9:58:57 AM PDT by Procyon (Decentralize, degovernmentalize, deregulate, demonopolize, decredentialize, disentitle.)
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To: Procyon
Procyon said: I don’t think the term “well-regulated” meant government controlled.

That's correct. When I was a kid there was a clock in the school office which was named the "Regulator", because it was designed to do its job well, not because anybody actually expected the clock to be in control.

22 posted on 05/11/2014 10:15:49 AM PDT by William Tell
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