On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 9:39:11 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 10/13/2017 12:20 PM, AMuzi wrote:

Reading the legislative history of it, besides The Federalist (Hamilton,
Madison & Jay) the intent, that the nation would do well to be armed, to
a man, is clear.

"well regulated militia." What does "well regulated" mean?

You must have skipped over the part:

District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held, in a 5–4 decision, that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense ...