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jmg257

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5. Interesting - they do know that Hamilton's proposition was NOT used when organizing the militia?

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 02:23 PM

Jun 2016

Federalist #29 is used quite often to show what was meant by "well-regulated" - nothing wrong there.

But the congress, in the Militia Act of 1792, indeed went with the existing practices (each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States) for composing the state militias, contrary to Hamilton's "select corps" notions. Rules of discipline/training were also mandated to ensure that they were trained/well-regulated.

Of course this did all change with the Dick Act, and the recreation of the State militias into the federal NG. That was over 100 years later.

Wholeheartedly agree the state militias are(were) govt entities, and should be well regulated (the NG today), and are NOT Bubba and his AK running around the woods.

ETA: after re-reading, that article isn't really so far off with regards to the state of the militias today, and the reduced importance of the 2nd because of it.

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