The Federalist Papers #29 ( written by Alexander Hamilton under a pseudonym)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._29
To put it bluntly, not an armed mob of assholes with guns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._29
Quote:Hamilton writes that, “It requires no skill in the science of war to discern that uniformity in the organization and discipline in the militia would be attended with the most beneficial effects”.[1] Unlike militias of the past, Hamilton viewed new militias as a uniformed group similar to that of an organized military. “It is, therefore, with the most evident propriety, that the plan of the convention proposes to empower the Union “to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United states…
To put it bluntly, not an armed mob of assholes with guns.
