The part that always gets forgotten in the argument over the 2nd ammndment is that it it's right to bear arms AS PART OF A WELL REGULATED MILITIA.
as written: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The laws we have seem to have almost entirely forgotten that it is contingent upon you being in the militia. The point of bearing arms was that you could be called up to serve and be counted on to be a decent enough shot you would hit what you were aiming at. so regular training AND INSPECTION at militia practice was assumed to go with it.
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Date: 2012-12-14 10:18 pm (UTC)as written:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The laws we have seem to have almost entirely forgotten that it is contingent upon you being in the militia. The point of bearing arms was that you could be called up to serve and be counted on to be a decent enough shot you would hit what you were aiming at. so regular training AND INSPECTION at militia practice was assumed to go with it.