The thing basically says "Since we need a well-equipped militia to guarantee the security of our free state from tyrannical autocrats, every mofo can have as many guns as they want."
2A could have simply said this:
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, PARTS OR PIECES OF WEAPONRY, AMMUNITION, AND ANY RELATED MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, LESSENED, MINIMIZED, ALTERED, NEGOTIATED, CHISELED AWAY, STOLEN, DIMINISHED, SHAPED, MODIFIED, REDUCED, OR CONDITIONED IN ANY MANNER, TO ANY DEGREE, BY ANY ENTITY WHATSOEVER.
Regulated in the 18th century meant equipped.
The thing basically says "Since we need a well-equipped militia to guarantee the security of our free state from tyrannical autocrats, every mofo can have as many guns as they want."
2A could have simply said this:
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, PARTS OR PIECES OF WEAPONRY, AMMUNITION, AND ANY RELATED MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, LESSENED, MINIMIZED, ALTERED, NEGOTIATED, CHISELED AWAY, STOLEN, DIMINISHED, SHAPED, MODIFIED, REDUCED, OR CONDITIONED IN ANY MANNER, TO ANY DEGREE, BY ANY ENTITY WHATSOEVER.
This video does a great job explaining the 2nd A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieqt9nYekkw