The Militia Acts of 1792 and 1795 clarified what the 2nd Amendment means. [View all]

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It was never meant to mean that citizens had a right to own and bear arms, period.

The Acts cleared all that up. It meant that white male citizens at the time were required to own arms to form militias to protect the country when called upon.

A further act of 1862 allowed for African American males to also bear arms in defense of the country through militia service.

The point of all the militia acts was for citizens to be a part of militias to defend the country, period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Acts_of_1792

A subsequent militia act of 1903 created the National Guard to be the militia so ordinary citizens were no longer needed to form militias or required to own and bear arms.

So the 2nd Amendment's actual meaning, misinterpreted for so long, needs to be clarified in the minds of the country, especially the gun fetishers, as gun ownership has certainly gotten out of hand and needs to be reined in, tracked and some sort of insurance and registration is a must in light of all the mass killings that happen regularly now.