——Back in the 1700’s, “well regulated” meant “well trained.-—
What say you regarding the late 1700’s definition of regulated?
The word “regulate” has come to have a negative connotation in modern society due to government overreach. Originally, the term meant orderly, well-disciplined. Regular in the sense of consistent and predictable good performance. The Regulator War in the then-frontier backcountry of the North Carolina colony was sparked by unfair, abusive and corrupt governance. They sought to “regulate” colonial government in the original sense. Consistent, predictable, good performance but most of all, fair to the governed. That’s practically the diametric opposite of the modern sense of the word.