[Filo]

Keep in mind the Founders said a well regulated Militia was necesary to the security of a free state, not a well armed populace.

To them the two phrases meant exactly the same thing.

Of course, the second amendment only protects "a well regulated Militia". If you think that "well regulated" also applies to the "unorganized" militia (or, as Mojave likes to refer to them - The Crips and The Bloods), then their right to militia-type weapons are also protected.

No, the Second Amendment protects "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." The militia and the protection of a free state are reasons to defend the right of the people. . .

[robertpaulsen]

"To them the two phrases meant exactly the same thing."

Not even close! You're just making this up as you go along!

Hamilton discusses this in Federalist 29. He says that disciplining "all the militia" would be "as futile as it would be injurious".