re: #98 Kragar
Especially when the fucking amendment says “Well regulated” right in the fucking text.
There’s plenty of contemporary evidence to point to the term well regulated as meaning “properly functioning.”
“The equation of time … is the adjustment of the difference of time as shown by a well-regulated clock and a true sun dial.”
-J. Joyce, 1812
Considering that the founders didn’t place any federal regulations on militias or private ownership of arms it does seems plausible that this was more likely their meaning.