Every citizen in Switzerland has a fully automatic assault weapon IN THEIR HOME to protect the country from invasion
And at least 750 rounds of government issued, fresh ammo for that weapon
I was reading about an early attempt by the British in Boston to go after a Powder House. They were turned back without any shots fired by an overwhelming group of men (militia). After that the county got together and took over the British organized militia and “fired” all of the current leaders established by the King. Then they voted them back in again - but this time under the county!
They then made a charter (The Powder House Act(?), which included weekly training and if men didn’t have their own arms or powder, would be provided them from the public stores.
The Constitutional Congress heard about this, and also backed this idea up, and persuaded people to send arms and money in support of the Boston militia.
The term “well regulated” is pretty much defined by these actions. Just as in a “well regulated” clock - these militia were in good operation - the men had weapons and were trained and were organized to take on a tyrannical government. That is the one thing we lack today - organization.
It is easy to say to the government to try to take my gun away from me. But - without effective organization, I will just be one more lone gun “nut-job” with an “arsenal” in my basement. (The redcoats going after the powder house - a year before Concord, were met with something like 2,000 armed men!)