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Here’s Justice Thomas Cooley & others ( in the 19th century ), explaining the 2A in simple layman’s terms : ( Militia conscription is not a “right”, but an Article 1 Sec. 8 power/function of Congress and a 10th Amendment function of the State governments, not a 2A function )
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When the NRA deposited huge donations into the personal bank accounts of LaPierre and others.
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"well regulated Militia”#2A aimed at near-universal armament/training by law of every “able-bodied” adult (the vast majority of “the people”#2A) then in 1791 & 150+ yrs prior in the Colonies then independent States. Those are the regulations. That is constitutional gun control.
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Who determines what is considered “Well Regulated?”
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Yes, the Supreme Court & bad legal decisions ignore the fact that when the 2nd amendment was written, the US had no army. The phrase "well regulated militia" addresses the need for citizen soldiers like those who were trained by Lafayette & with George Washington in Valley Forge.
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Oh that’s easy. People confuse The minutemen with the militia. They were a stopgap. They disappeared after Lexington and Concord.
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This particular amendment is extremely confusing. The person who proposed this amendment was a slave owner who also argued for a federal standing army while arguing that militias should be allowed to keep the local peace. Of course slaves were the people not allowed to be armed.
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If the 1st amendment said "the right to express political opinions being essential to a democracy, the right to free speech shall not be abridged" would you take that to mean only political speech was protected? I wouldn't and I don't interpret the militia clause that way either
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Don't you have evil psychic forces to vanquish with chakra stones or something?