The law, which was set to take effect Jan. 1, would have prohibited people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places, including public parks, churches, banks and zoos.
At the time, “well regulated” meant “well equipped”. And a militia is made up of regular citizens who are called up to take arms against an invader, like the minutemen. There’s nothing about a militia that implies they have any sort of formal training.
But don’t take my word for it. Read the federalist papers, they were written by the same folks as the bill of rights and go into great detail about what they intended.
I see so non-citizens are not part of the militia and hence can’t own guns? So permeant residents can’t own a gun?
You did say citizens.
Regular means what exactly? Be exact. Does it mean cops as well? How about vets? How about the elderly? How about people who could never possibly serve due to medical conditions? What about prisoners?
At the time, “well regulated” meant “well equipped”. And a militia is made up of regular citizens who are called up to take arms against an invader, like the minutemen. There’s nothing about a militia that implies they have any sort of formal training.
But don’t take my word for it. Read the federalist papers, they were written by the same folks as the bill of rights and go into great detail about what they intended.
I see so non-citizens are not part of the militia and hence can’t own guns? So permeant residents can’t own a gun?
You did say citizens.
Regular means what exactly? Be exact. Does it mean cops as well? How about vets? How about the elderly? How about people who could never possibly serve due to medical conditions? What about prisoners?
You did say regular.
Whoops, looks like I broke him