"Militia", what that meant then.

[Pat Mustard]

https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?co...recNum=846 gives an effective example of what a militia meant back in the day. The definition hadn't changed since Jefferson's time.

The problem is, the amendment uses the word "militia" as reasoning for the right, which then specifically says "right of the people", not "right of the militia". "People" pretty much covers...well, everyone.

Also a fun definition fact while we're here. "well regulated" just meant "working", had nothing to do with legislative regulations.

And this reasoning, like that of the "originalists" ignores how language was used back then. The phrase "well regulated militia" had a very specific meaning in the 1770's, viz a part time, volunteer, defence force solely under the control of the government of the land or the officers thereof.

The fact that right wing judges and legislators have decided to interpret that phrase as to mean everybody is a travesty of the law and of the constitution. But then again, right wingers don't give two shits about the law or the public good.