10-04-2022, 05:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-04-2022, 06:50 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
The amendment has nothing to do with hunting.
I don’t know where you read your history, but colonists needed guns not only to hunt, but to protect what livestock and crops they had from varmints, bears, wolves, etc. When I grew up on a farm we ate pigeons, rabbits, etc hunted with a gun. That wasn’t even the 1700’s. The last rural community I lived in EVERYONE, every farmer had a gun, I owned both a rifle and a shotgun. That wasn’t in the 1800’s. Having a gun on the farm was like having a shovel. It’s a tool.
there aren't many ways to interpret:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State”
A dictionary of etymology will provide you with a history of words, with both their usage and definition over time. It’s far more accurate than someone on an editorial network explaining what a phrase meant 300 years ago. Networks that can't even post “poll results” that add up to 100%. A 125% total is not uncommon for them. But who’s counting? Apparently not their viewers.
Regulate:
Meaning "to govern by restriction" is from 1620s.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/well-regulated
I don’t know where you read your history, but colonists needed guns not only to hunt, but to protect what livestock and crops they had from varmints, bears, wolves, etc. When I grew up on a farm we ate pigeons, rabbits, etc hunted with a gun. That wasn’t even the 1700’s. The last rural community I lived in EVERYONE, every farmer had a gun, I owned both a rifle and a shotgun. That wasn’t in the 1800’s. Having a gun on the farm was like having a shovel. It’s a tool.
there aren't many ways to interpret:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State”
A dictionary of etymology will provide you with a history of words, with both their usage and definition over time. It’s far more accurate than someone on an editorial network explaining what a phrase meant 300 years ago. Networks that can't even post “poll results” that add up to 100%. A 125% total is not uncommon for them. But who’s counting? Apparently not their viewers.
Regulate:
Meaning "to govern by restriction" is from 1620s.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/well-regulated