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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
If I knew how to shoot and clean that shotgun, march in formation and fight in small fireteam size groups, yes, I was well regulated. That is exactly what the founders were talking about because that is what they were.
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Alexander Hamilton wrote, in the Federalist Papers, that a well regulated militia referred to both a state of preparedness with rigorous and persistent training. Let's say you take a sample of 100 Americans totally at random. How many of these individuals do you suppose have the training necessary to function in an armed, "fire team" sized group in a military or militia type of situation?
A majority of the US is not in any sense of the phrase well regulated. Why? A majority of Americans do not need any such training in their daily lives. As I said, times change.