Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: So where in the Holy Second Amendment does it say anything about "gov't tyranny"? [View all]jimmy the one
(2,776 posts)guardian: No. Back then 'regulated' meant efficient or orderly. It did not have the contemporary meaning.
Really? 'An orderly militia, being necessary for the security of a free state..'?
Conjures up images of a thanksgiving day parade thru town, sure to strike fear in the minds of invaders, insurrectionists, & tyrannical govts, eh? As sloppy as militia members could be back then, what with clothes brought from home, uncouth manners by some, 'disorderly' was as much the status quo, perforce.
Here's how 'regulate' was defined in 1828 by webster, contemporary to 2ndA 1791:
1828 Websters dictionary: regulate REG'ULATE, 1. To adjust by rule, method or established mode; as, to regulate weights and measures; to regulate the assize of bread; to regulate our moral conduct by the laws of God and of society; to regulate our manners by the customary forms.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
3. To subject to rules or restrictions; as, to regulate trade; to regulate diet.
http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/regulate
In 1828 'regulate' meant either to adjust by rule or method, to put in good order, or to subject to rules or restrictions, or a combo of the three.
.. Even the second Def, to regulate the disordered state, conveniently implies to regulate to become orderly. So it seems that 'orderly' would be a desired result of regulation, 'back then'.
{as 3ib} You seem to harp on singling out one particular definition of 'regulate' & trying to apply your own favorite, while disallowing for the others.