"What ever happened to “a well-regulated militia”? The gun lovers seem to forget the well-regulated part, as well as the militia part. Militias would be armed with rifles, not handguns."
In the 18th century, "well regulated" meant "well functioning", like an Regulator clock. It still means that, it's just not a common usage anymore.
Fast-forward 150 or 200 years and they would be armed with machine guns. Are you sure you wanna go there? (before you protest that the Founders never imagined machine guns in their day, do you think they imagined cell phones, the Internet, and high-speed printing presses? Does that make the 1st Amendment any less relevant?)
In the 18th century, "well regulated" meant "well functioning", like an Regulator clock. It still means that, it's just not a common usage anymore.
Fast-forward 150 or 200 years and they would be armed with machine guns. Are you sure you wanna go there? (before you protest that the Founders never imagined machine guns in their day, do you think they imagined cell phones, the Internet, and high-speed printing presses? Does that make the 1st Amendment any less relevant?)