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rampartc

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4. armed citizens were always on call , led by local officials,

Reply to hack89 (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:14 AM

Mar 2021

to defend their communities and to form posses and such. maybe if these mass shooters were part of such communities they might not be so alienated and would recognize the members of their fellow citizens as more than moving targets

well regulated might not mean, in every case, disarmed.

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"a well regulated militia ..." [View all] rampartc Mar 2021 OP

The right to bear arm is independent of militia service hack89 Mar 2021 #1

I actually agree with the OP Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #2

Nothing happened to it hack89 Mar 2021 #3

armed citizens were always on call , led by local officials, rampartc Mar 2021 #4

In the context of the 2A regulated means "well equipped and trained" hack89 Mar 2021 #7

Because in much of the history of the USA, we didn't have gun-humpers like this -- Hoyt Mar 2021 #5

Which has nothing to do with my post. hack89 Mar 2021 #8

the originalist interpretation make the argument that well regulated had a different meaning in 1776 Amishman Mar 2021 #6

They should have left out the comma. marie999 Mar 2021 #9