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In reply to the discussion: Some questions for 2A gunnutters and Originalists [View all]Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)29. Regulars..
Lots of Civil War militias in different states called themselves Regulars.
They were regimented, and regularly drilled and trained and disciplined, therefore ready to serve when their country called. Don't forget the Slave Patrols and the Indian fighters along the "frontier" as justification for militias. They feared a standing army. Well, we HAVE a standing army and regular militias.
Well regulated comes before not be infringed.
They know the gun nutters would never pass a back ground check--bet there are plenty of DV, DUI, and other crimes listed. THey know they'd be red-flagged.
It's all about sales of guns and ammunitions--two of the very few things the US still manufactures here. Follow the money.
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Yeah, that sawdust was what I added from somebody else - haHAH!1 - plus, a joke thread.
UTUSN
May 2022
#6
A meaning of well equiped that suggests the need to know who, what, where for when the call-up comes
sanatanadharma
May 2022
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