Posted on 07/19/2023 2:28:18 PM PDT by rellimpank
A well regulated Militia.
This statement refers to citizen volunteers, who make up the militia, will be properly trained in military tactics (i.e. well regulated) and not go off half cocked (i.e. the hammer pulled back all the way back, not half way to cause a missfire).
“The Supreme Court isn’t “expanding” the Second Amendment. It’s removing unconstitutional restrictions.”
Exactly.
—I have a copy also—
This statement refers to citizen volunteers, who make up the militia, will be properly trained in military tactics (i.e. well regulated) and not go off half cocked (i.e. the hammer pulled back all the way back, not half way to cause a missfire).
I'm still looking forward to my federal government, US Constitution mandated range time. Yes, the word "regulated" as used in the vernacular at the time of the writing means "trained and practiced".
It also meant similarly equipped. Having weapons of the same caliber, amount of powder/shot, etc. In modern terms that would mean that, at the very minimum, we of the general militia should be equipped with AR pattern rifles and a suitable cache of NATO caliber rounds.
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