2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions

[JasonK]

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But if there's no well-regulated militia--its duties today being done by the police, the military, the national guard, etc.--what need for the weapon?

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What is the definition of a militia as seen by the drafters? Who are the powerful one's who get to decide that there should or should not be a militia, or is that even legal? Also, who decides which citizens go into the militia?

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Militia: In U.S. history, "the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whether armed and drilled or not" (1777).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper