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human
ELI5: How can people demand constitutional carry yet not be a member of a well regulated Militia?

The Second Amendment states (in full): "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
People are demanding constitutional carry (mainly in Texas), but few if any of them are part of a militia like that State or National Guard.
gpt
The stated reason is a militia, but it is the right of *the people* to bear arms. The right is not assigned to the militia. The right is assigned to the people. Militia is formed from the people at the time of need, not before, and when that time comes the founding fathers thought the people should already be armed and familiar with the use of their weapons.

Is the militia needed to secure the free state against outside invaders or against abusive leadership of the state itself? Does it matter?