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"Well regulated" translated from 1700's speak just means "in good working order", not meaning regulated by a bureaucracy issuing permits.
The intention was for state governors not having to rely solely on National Guardsman or Federal government, and can simply pluck a militia ran by civilians who developed a military-like hierarchy in their organization to answer to said governor of the state in order to address issues withinthe states with threats of violence.
Oh shit, well case closed!
Just like Justice Scalia, you are able to hand-wave away ~200 years of precedent because it suits your pre-held ideology.
I anal, so hopefully you can provide me shit to read about this precedence and help me change my mind.
Dozens of people much smarter than me have written books about it.
Look into the dissenting opinions (and analysis of them) of DC v. Heller. Scalia claimed to be a "traditionalist," and then completely ignored how the original text had been interpreted since the nation's inception. He took a lot of heat for it at the time.
What exactly do you think that militia was for? Because I'll give you a hint: it wasn't to fight against a tyrannical government.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment