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Originally Posted by Dantilla
At the time this country was founded, the term "well regulated" would mean "well equipped" today.
What we call a well regulated army today was called the "Standing Army".
The standing army's soldiers were issued their regulations, meaning a musket, gunpowder and lead balls and other soldier stuff- Not a booklet of rules.
The founding fathers knew that free men should be well equipped to defend themselves- That they (we) should be "well regulated".
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More accurately it meant "properly attended to or well maintained".
A clean house would also have been well regulated.