Trained and led in such a manner to constitute an effective fighting force.<p>Note that the &quot;right of the people to keep and bear arms&quot; is a precondition, according to the 2A, for a &quot;well-regulated militia&quot;, not vice versa. If you want to repeal the 2A, repeal the fucker, don&#x27;t try to sneak repeal under the wire with a license to twist the grammar of the law till it says what you want. That just opens the door for the government to justify violating, say, the first and fourth amendments.