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""Finally, the adjective 'well-regulated' implies nothing more than the imposition of proper discipline and training. See Johnson 1619 ('Regulate': 'To adjust by rule or method'); Rawle 121–122; cf. Va. Declaration of Rights §13 (1776), in 7 Thorpe 3812, 3814 (referring to 'a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people,'""
— Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States, District of Columbia et al. v. Heller
Quote by Supreme Court on heller decision
""The right [to bear arms] is general. It may be supposed from the phraseology of this provision that the right to keep and bear arms was only guaranteed to the militia; but this would be an interpretation not warranted by the intent. The militia, as has been explained elsewhere, consists of those persons who, under the laws, are liable to the performance of military duty, and are officered and enrolled for service when called upon.... [I]f the right were limited to those enrolled, the purpose of the guarantee might be defeated altogether by the action or the neglect to act of the government it was meant to hold in check. The meaning of the provision undoubtedly is, that the people, from whom the militia must be taken, shall have the right to keep and bear arms, and they need no permission or regulation of law for the purpose.""
— Thomas M. Cooley
Thomas M. Cooley, General Principles of Constitutional Law, Third Edition [1898]
Quote by Thomas M. Cooley on individual right interpretation
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