2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How to shut up a gun nut about his Second Amendment rights. [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)hack/brian halonen: The phrase "well-regulated" was in common use long before 1789, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected
Cherry picking a half dozen vague examples & then proferring a pro gun opinion on what was intended, proves absolutely NOTHING, bud, about what the 2ndA intended & what was historically handed down over two centuries. You provide typical revisionist history on the 2ndA, is all.
.. you still got shot down, rules & regs were indeed mentioned in both websters 1828 & johnsons 1755.
.. halonen opinion proves nothing except you can provide a modern day friendly source to say, just about anything you want him to say.