Sent to us by Nazi Joisey Rob.
Constitution Society – by Brian T. Halonen
The following are taken from the Oxford English Dictionary, and bracket in time the writing of the 2nd amendment:
1709: “If a liberal Education has formed in us well-regulated Appetites and worthy Inclinations.”
1714: “The practice of all well-regulated courts of justice in the world.”
1812: “The equation of time … is the adjustment of the difference of time as shown by a well-regulated clock and a true sun dial.”
1848: “A remissness for which I am sure every well-regulated person will blame the Mayor.”
1862: “It appeared to her well-regulated mind, like a clandestine proceeding.”
1894: “The newspaper, a never wanting adjunct to every well-regulated American embryo city.”
The phrase “well-regulated” was in common use long before 1789, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected. Establishing government oversight of the people’s arms was not only not the intent in using the phrase in the 2nd amendment, it was precisely to render the government powerless to do so that the founders wrote it.
http://www.constitution.org/cons/wellregu.htm
Excellent!
Why do so many people have a problem reading simple GD english?
“A well-regulated militia being necessary for the security of a free state” is like saying “because we need roads to transport goods”.
It is very f-in simple f-in language.
because we need roads to transport good, the right of the automobile manufactures to make seat belts and airbags shall not be infringed.
Even in the patriot movement there is some real f-in idiots whom apparently have never read and discerned for themselves what a f-in sentence means.
The “well regulated militia” spoken of is going to exist in one form or another. It was a given. So the only way common people could ensure their own safety was to be armed AS WELL.
Fu#k this is not a hard concept people. Im about one more f@cki!g idiots BS commy core version of what an English sentence means, from knocking a f@cking retards head off their goddamned shoulders.
Man im pissed off now.
This has been circulated for many years, and was written by an English professor. It’s very important that it gets circulated further because most Americans define the term “well-regulated” as being “subject to strict regulation”, and as the good professor points out, 200 years ago that was definitely not the case.
You may also have heard of an old clock manufacturer called “Regulator” who also used the old definition as a marketing device.
Also to ‘bear arms’ means to point them at a target.
Does anyone remember the phase ‘bring guns to bear’? This mostly referred to navel guns but means the same for small arms.