Their main job was anything but being military. That was a secondary or even tertiary duty. They weren't just there to fight foreign armies, but to be ready to fight tyranny, from within or without. I believe an armed society is a polite society. Currently, we have armed thugs, armed cops and a few ordinary citizens. Get a gun or two or ten, learn to use them and teach your kids!
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:03 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts? 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. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
