Try looking up well regulated and read all the words together.
You can do it!
It only means one thing..to me or anyone else....well..anyone except idiots like yourself, as you continue to miss the point: Every able-bodied man keeping firearms at home or on their person was recognized as a necessary prerequisite for having a militia.
Do you understand what a "precondition" or a "prerequisite" is, shortbus?
I wonder why you keep leaving out the well regulated part?
It's almost like you are avoiding the question because it doesn't fit your narrative
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held, in a 5–4 decision, that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home,
No, it's more like you are clueless about the meaning of the 2A even after it's been explained to you. One term for your condition is:Willful ignorance. Own it.
The right of all citizens to possess and carry firearms is a stated precondition for the maintenance of any and all militias, well regulated or not.
To wit:
Be that as it may, the Second Amendment says what it says and I still believe the authors of the amendment intended the right to bear arms as an individual right. Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller gave the best explanation of the meaning of the Second Amendment I have ever heard in an episode from their 3rd Season of their Showtime show Bull####!
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,” sure we need an organized military force to defend your country BUT “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
This is the people in contrast with the militia. It doesn’t say “the right of the militia to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” it says “the right of the people.”
Now why the word “people” ? Because the people who wrote this just fought a war for two years against a tyrannical state militia. They knew the time might come when they would have to do that again so they made the possession of weapons a right that the militia could never take away.
I have never heard this explanation before but it makes perfect sense. Penn goes on to say that the purpose of the Second Amendment was to make certain that the citizens could violently overthrow the government if the citizens found it necessary. It’s only natural that the government would try to disarm the citizen if it was under constant threat of an armed revolution. Moa, Lenin, and Stalin understood this perfectly well and said much the same thing.
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/200...on-of-the-second-amendment-i-have-ever-heard/
Says the man who just advocated for Kellyanne not to face charges since her boss can ignore the recommendation. Who thinks it would be amusing if Jared was pardoned for crimes against the country.
You keep being a hypocrite and choosing which laws should be ignored and which are unimpeachable.
I wonder why you keep leaving out the well regulated part?
It's almost like you are avoiding the question because it doesn't fit your narrative
Which I never argued. The point i was making is that that comes with certain conditions such as being well regulated which could include, training , licensing and registration.
But keep on ignoring common sense and literacy to make some imaginary point
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held, in a 5–4 decision, that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home,
And you seem to have avoided me asking you: what does 'well regulated' mean to you? What do you believe the militia really is as the founders intended?
as i said above I believe well regulated means that there needs to be some registration process to join this "militia" along with proper gun safety and training courses and proper licensing.
as i said above I believe well regulated means that there needs to be some registration process to join this "militia" along with proper gun safety and training courses and proper licensing.
I believe in the 2A but i also believe you need to take all of it literally if that is how you want it interpreted. You can't say that all the words in the 2a are intrinsic rights while ignoring the well regulated part.
So, you're right, even though you don't know what you're talking about.
as I said above I believe well regulated means that there needs to be some registration process to join this "militia" along with proper gun safety and training courses and proper licensing.
well you would be incorrect ...
... joining the the militia [when the 2A was written] was as simple as showing up with your weapon with the proscribed number of shot, powder and flints
NO Licensing
NO Training Courses
NO Gun Safety Courses
as a citizen you were expected to show up, to defend your home, county and fellow citizens, when the Militia was CALLED OUT ...
What does well regulated mean to you, Diapers?
I wonder why you keep leaving out the well regulated part?
It's almost like you are avoiding the question because it doesn't fit your narrative
as i said above I believe well regulated means that there needs to be some registration process to join this "militia" along with proper gun safety and training courses and proper licensing.
I believe in the 2A but i also believe you need to take all of it literally if that is how you want it interpreted. You can't say that all the words in the 2a are intrinsic rights while ignoring the well regulated part.
The last time Well Regulated came up in the Supreme Court was with Heller,
Meaning of "well regulated militia"
The term "regulated" means "disciplined" or "trained".[167] In Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that "[t]he adjective 'well-regulated' implies nothing more than the imposition of proper discipline and training.