Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Who are the Militia? [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)First off, "well regulated" doesn't mean heaped under regulations.
It means well equipped.
Second, Amendment 2 calls for nothing of the sort.
Amendment 2 says that because a well regulated ( equipped ) militia is nessessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Amendment 2 does not however "call for" anything, except to say shall not be infringed, referring to what government shall not do regarding a right which belongs to the people.
Whether you consider any of the above "obsolete" or not matters not. Its standing law.
Lastly, the framers made clear their intentions where the bill of rights is concerned - what the first ten amendments were for, what their purpose was, and to what entity they applied:
THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution
http://billofrights.org/