Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: So where in the Holy Second Amendment do they mention hunting or felons? [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)iiibbb posted:.. read the following contexts.. I'll help.. reg·u·late (rgy-lt)
1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
2. To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
4. To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits.
Then read it as (a) A well "controlled" militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
(b) A well "maintained" militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
or (c) A "properly functioning" militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall...
1) Why would they say a "controlled" militia, and then proceed to say that the right shall not be infringed? Doesn't the second context make more sense... especially since they never meant for there to be a standing army, and that all citizens were expected to act in defense of the country, as well as provide their own arms to do so?
Houston, you have a problem. You post dictionary definitions evidently from a modern site http://www.thefreedictionary.com/regulate
Here's how 'regulate' was defined in 1828 by webster, contemporary to 2ndA 1791:
1828 - regulate REG'ULATE, v.t. 1. To adjust by rule, method or established mode; as, to regulate weights and measures; to regulate the assize of bread; to regulate our moral conduct by the laws of God and of society; to regulate our manners by the customary forms.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
3. To subject to rules or restrictions; as, to regulate trade; to regulate diet.
http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/regulate
In 1828 'regulate' meant either to adjust by rule or method, to put in good order, or to subject to rules or restrictions, or a combo of the three. .. 'control' is not in websters 1828 definitions.
You seem to harp on singling out one particular definition of 'regulate' & trying to apply your own favorite, while disallowing for the others. Boo.
2) Why would they put a clause to govern state militias in the part of the Constitution that was specifically created to enumerate the rights of individuals?
Because it was an individual right to join the militia which could not be infringed, just like the english 'have arms' decree of 1689, which scalia called the foundation of the 2ndA.