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What's the definition of a well-ordered militia? A bunch of farmers that go shooting together?
by hrimfaxi 9mo ago
What's the definition of a well-ordered militia? A bunch of farmers that go shooting together?
- bb88 9mo agoA bunch of farmers that go shooting drunk. /s Seriously though, everyone back in the 1700s realized that all Americans were American. I'm not sure that's true any more.
- hrimfaxi 9mo ago> Seriously though, everyone back in the 1700s realized that all Americans were American. I'm not sure that's true any more. What was an American in the 1700s? A person born in America?
- akho 9mo agoI think the most you can say is that they recognized that many male propertied white protestant Americans are American. Maybe some more qualifiers are necessary.
- futuraperdita 9mo agoAlexander Hamilton explains his definition of what "well-regulated" is - and the purpose of a citizen militia - in contrast to the standing army in the Federalist Papers, No. 29. Most of the idea has become much more federalized than intended with the National Guard, but it has long since been misused for its intended purpose.