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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