Buck F
NES Member
I already covered that
Kids go to compulsory education where they get education in reading comprehension and writing skills along with civics and social studies.
There is also that pesky prefatory clause in the 2nd that speaks to well regulated which means trained.
Don't shoot the messenger - I don't like it either but training for public carry will very likely be found constitutional because the framers found it important enough to mention its necessity to the state.
Based on the number of semi coherent medical reports I read every week I see no reason to believe the schools teach reading or writing.
Training doesn't mean formal instruction. Especially since just about everyone owned guns at the time the Constitution was written.
Trained in militia things. Maybe like maneuvers, group things?
And all of military training is drill&ceremony?
Oh, and a bunch of diversity stuff too.
Again, I'm a messenger interpreting what I see in the recent cases. I don't agree with the message but I'm not going to stick my head in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist.
Bruen says an analog must exist in TH&T. The antis have dropped the idea that "regulated" means restrictions in law and picked up on the true meaning of trained. Courts love to split the baby so training and sensitive places are the part given to appease them (they are never appeased but thats a different discussion)
The one glaring pro2a advocates have is that any "training" conducted in the use of firearms in preparation for being part of a militia was not provided by .gov or .mil historically, but by father to son when they came of age to hunt and defend the family. Hell, they were expected to show up with their own arms and ammo.
True - the judge noted that training was part of culture in years past.
And since Bruen forces them to consider historical precedent, not balancing, they cannot enforce formal training.
Whenever antis bring up training requirements I ask if there's a training issue with criminals & mass shooters and if we'd be better off if they were better trained. That usually ends that argument.
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