Comments on: What “well-regulated” means

By: Edwin Vieira, Jr.

Edwin Vieira, Jr. — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:43:53 +0000

A “well regulated Militia” in pre-constitutional times was one that was regulated according to certain principles set out in a statute enacted by a Colonial assembly or the legislature of a State. There were literally hundreds of these statutes, the titles of which were often “An Act to regulate the Militia of …” To say that these Militia– which were the models for “the Militia of the several States” incorporated within the Constitution–were not “regulated” by some governmental body (an assembly or legislature, to be specific) is historically and legally inaccurate.

By: PrionPartyy

PrionPartyy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:32:43 +0000

“a free state” also means something different today. Way back then, there were 13 states united, and the federal government was the alien of all 13.

Maybe some of you should start thinking about what that ment then and means today. It really opens up the subject to a whole new debate.

By: Jolly Roger

Jolly Roger — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:56:47 +0000

Yes. I read this written by an English professor, and it’s entirely true, as it can be verified by other writings made at the time.

Today “well-regulated” means “subjected to regulations”, but when the constitution was written the phrase meant “functioning as expected”, and in the case of Militias, they were “well-regulated” by being armed to the teeth and ready for battle; and NOT regulated by any governmental body.

By: REDHORSE

REDHORSE — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:53:58 +0000

One of the most overlooked reasons for bad grouping is the trigger pull.If it takes a D-9 cat dozer to pull the trigger you’ll never get any kind of group.It need not be a two lb pull (and this is not recomended for a combat type weapon) but a smooth pull that is say 3-3.5 lbs will give you far better groups.