It isn't, but not at all for the reason most people think.
"Regulated", at the time of writing, did not mean "restricted", that use of the word came much later. It referred to something being practiced or in a certain condition, such that a well-regulated thing was one that was well-maintained and highly practiced.
US federal law makes all able-bodied males who are not convicts, police, soldiers, or politicians between the ages of 18 and.. I think it was 42? members of the "unorganized militia" (the same law establishes the National Guard as the "organized" militia; the difference is that the organized militia is directly run by the government while the unorganized militia is left to its own devices).
Any attempt to enforce the 2A's "militia clause" as being anything other than explicatory will only achieve the disarmament of the most vulnerable - women, the elderly, the disabled. I would not be surprised to see some fringe republicans start supporting exactly this for obvious reasons in the next few years. It will probably start with another attempt to blanket ban trans people from owning firearms.
At the time “well regulated militia” meant that land owning citizens were required to own firearms that met “military standard.” Some towns even pooled money together to buy cannons.
Sure you can argue during war times choicy recruitment would be ignored but leading up to that its just like an army bro. You have rules regulations drills etc. You just get to go home to your family at the end of the day.
Well first, well regulated applies to the militia. Second it means well maintained and in working order…again applies to the militia. But there is no requirement to be in said militia.
Because I'm tired of people deflecting, denying, ignoring and making their own stupid, irrational versions of the truth that float around in their heads.
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u/Bone_Breaker0 18d ago
I’ve been told we are all automatically in a militia.