Given that militias of any stripe at the time the Constitution was written were composed solely of private individuals who provided their own weapons, it's
pretty clear that it was the ability to provide those weapons that was being protected.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
pretty clear that it was the ability to provide those weapons that was being protected.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.