Who are the Militia?

[beevul]

52. The "well regulated" which I refer to...

The "well regulated" which I refer to, is the "well regulated" in amendment 2.

It does in fact mean well equipped.

It does not, however, authorize anything.

Nothing in amendment 2 does.

Amendment 2 could be changed to say "a well oiled bike chain, being necessary to the security of your pant leg, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

And it would mean exactly the same thing. That is to say - the restriction on governmental exercise of power - which is the ONLY thing in amendment 2 that is force of law - and by the framers own words the only purpose of the amendment and indeed the bill of rights in the first place - would still be as it was, and mean what it very clearly means.

Because a well equipped militia (a militia that is the whole body of the people, as we've established) , is necessary to the security of a free state (not "the" free state) the right of the people to keep and bear arms - to equip themselves as members of the militia, shall not be infringed.

My extrapolation:

A. makes more sense textually than yours,

B. fits better historically in about ten different ways than yours

C meshes with the framers own words in the preamble to the bill of rights

D has the support of 70+ percent of the American people - 70 plus percent of the American people agree that amendment 2 protects a right that belongs to individuals

E Has court precedent on its side