Reply #105: well regulated [View All]

[TnDem]

Benchley,
The term "well regulated" doesn't mean regulated in the modern sense of commanding legislation,(which wasn't even being considered during the writing of the US constitution). "Well Regulated militia" means simply "well trained group of civilians". The term regulated in olden days of military terminology meant to be able to drill, shoot and march. That is the meaning of that and you know it...If it meant regulated in the legislative sense, they would have spelled those regulations out.

The term, "free state", means "free country". The word state is synonymous with country when dealing with constitutional and procedural issues. Colin Powell was "Secretary of State", not "Secretary of Country".

I have read your militant posts about this issue over the last year or so,(even before I registered). I have never answered you, but I will this time. The militant Schumeresque ideas you hold about personal firearms ownership are, as you say, "a pant load"