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In reply to the discussion: "A well regulated militia" [View all]petronius
(26,602 posts)14. I have always understood it to be that: 1) a militia is essential, 2) a competent and
armed citizenry is a necessary precondition to that militia, so 3) the existing right to arms shouldn't be infringed.
It doesn't follow that active militia membership is a requirement to exercise that right, nor does it follow that the right is absolute: as with the rest of the BoR, there is a whole range of permissible regulation before 'infringement' in the Constitutional sense kicks in...
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In Teamerica today, "a well-regulated militia" means "any clown with a semi-automatic." nt
valerief
Dec 2012
#4
Unfortunately, there are two different meanings of that phrase from that time.
ZombieHorde
Dec 2012
#7
I have always understood it to be that: 1) a militia is essential, 2) a competent and
petronius
Dec 2012
#14
The well regulated militias are made up of people who have the right to bear arms
davidn3600
Dec 2012
#19
Well that militia isn't very well regulated when a member goes on a tear and kills 20 babies.
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#26
the problem is, the NRA has the politicians so cowtowed they refuse to regulate even a little
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#25