Chicago AR ban lifted

[DeusxMac]

Smote wrote:
and at the time it was written, militia was each and every citizen, as there wasn't much of a permanent standing army, and well regulated meant in proper working order, especially their equipment. Oxford dictionary "control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly. "a hormone that regulates metabolism and organ function"
A well regulated clock is functioning properly and accurately."

You are incorrect. The phrase “well regulated Militia” does not refer “especially to their equipment”. That is entirely your specious construction.

regulate - verb
to govern or direct according to rule
1. to bring under the control of law or constituted authority
2. to make regulations for or concerning

And, to repeat the pertinent sections I’ve quoted elsewhere, it could not be more obvious that it is A Militia; singular, that is being referred to, NOT a loose catch-all term for anyone who happens to own a gun.

“Article 1, Section 8. The Congress shall have Power...”

“To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the “Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”

“To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia , and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;”

“Article 2, Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;”