Ray From Cleveland
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The Right to Keep and Bear is as essential to liberty as the right to speak out against bad government.
They knew this and they knew you could not have an effective unorganized militia at the local level, much less raise a large militia in an emergency if they were not themselves already equipped with and proficient in the use of their own arms.
Which is why he never answered my question on how could an unarmed militia defend their state? The state didn't provide weapons, and you didn't sign up for a militia like you do for the military today. If a militia was needed, you had to bring your own arms and ammo. That could never happen in a disarmed society.