On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:57 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> you know the militia was comprised of ordinary citizens. It wasn't
> a standing
> army that they worried about having gunss.
Exactly. There were militias, and there were 'well-regulated
militias'. Their main job was to ensure the peace locally, as opposed
to standing armies, who were only supposed to fight foreign forces.
The goal was to be able to guarantee that such local militias would
never be disarmed by a leader who wanted to use the army to tyrannize
the country.
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