[Res Nullius]

The meaning of words change. The Second Amendment is very clear if you merely substitute only one word: regulated = supplied.

From where did the horses, arms and other essential supplies for the Militia come? From the people who could not supply what they did not have.

[GingisK]

The Second Amendment is very clear if you merely substitute only one word: regulated = supplied.

Gee, random word replacement. Now, there is a good way to make something say what you want it to say. Don't you suppose this is rather dangerous?

In the 1700s, "regulated" meant "organized and well trained".

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The meaning of words change. The Second Amendment is very clear if you merely substitute only one word: regulated = supplied.

From where did the horses, arms and other essential supplies for the Militia come? From the people who could not supply what they did not have.

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source

ord·nance     (ôrd'nəns) Pronunciation Key 
n.  

1. Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
2. The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
3. Cannon; artillery.

[Middle English ordnaunce, variant of ordinaunce, order, military provision; see ordinance.]

The word it the Second Amendment is "regulated," but if it said "ordered" it would sound the same to the modern ear - yet as the above indicates, "ordered" definitely could most logically be read "supplied" had "ordered" been the word chosen by the framers.