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Originally posted by strainer
Uh, actually that is an old argument, and quite false. Most militia's at the time of the bill of rights were private militias, raised by a few gentlemen here and there and commanded by the the local yocals.
That, and the design of the document, (duh, its called bill of rights) and later statements by the authors all confirm that its individual owners that are protected, not state armies.
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Another one who doesn't know a damn thing about history.
Militas were indeed state run & organized armies when the Bill of Rights was written. The Bill of Rights grants the STATES the right to arm SPECIFICALLY so that they could resist the government should it become tyrannical.
No other reason.