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hlecter 6 points ago +6 / -0

No. It doesn't. "Well regulated" had a different meaning when the Constitution was written:

"Well-regulated in the 18th century tended to be something like well-organized, well-armed, well-disciplined," says Rakove. "It didn't mean 'regulation' in the sense that we use it now, in that it's not about the regulatory state. There's been nuance there. It means the militia was in an effective shape to fight."

https://constitutioncenter.org/images/uploads/news/CNN_Aug_11.pdf

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Star_Commander 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's a longer way of saying exactly what I said