Quote:Though when the Bill of Rights was written, a Militia was seen much differently as what we consider it to be today.
No, it wasn't.
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- To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic life - unaccustomed to the din of arms - totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill, which being followed by a want of confidence in themselves when opposed to troops regularly trained, disciplined, and appointed, superior in knowledge, and superior in arms, makes them timid and ready to fly from their own shadows.
- Gen. George Washington - Letter to the president of Congress, Heights of Harlem (24 September 1776)