From: Brian T. Halonen <halonen@csd.uwm.edu> The following are taken from the Oxford English Dictionary, and bracket in time the writing of the 2nd amendment: 1709: “If a liberal Education has formed in us well-regulated Appetites and worthy Inclinations.” 1714: “The practice of all well-regulated courts of justice in the world.” 1812: “The equation of time … is … Continue reading The meaning of the phrase “well-regulated” in the 2nd amendment