Re: The right to bear arms & make salad

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:34:15 CDT, "Richard M. Smith" said:

> Here's what a militia is:
>
>    "The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military 
>    force composed of ordinary[1] citizens to provide defense, 
>    emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times 
>    of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed 
>    to a fixed term of service."

Back in that day, the *vast* majority of the *many* militias (which ended
up being a large fraction of the American forces in the Revolutionary War)
was comprised of units assembled at the state/county/township level.

There was *every* intent that if the newly created Federal government got
*too* far out of line, that (for example) Massachusets could tell them to
get stuffed.

In fact, that's basically what happened at Fort Sumter.

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