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In reply to the discussion: The Second Amendment Was Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to a Gun [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)I *THINK you have it exactly backwards...the state Militias must have members that were armed (and well regulated), otherwise they would not be effective.
That is why each and every male between 18-45 (with some exceptions) had to buy themselves specific arms and accoutrements, and enroll in the militia.
At the same time, it doesn't make sense that all those the public workers and govt representatives that were exempt from militia service would give up ownership of arms.
"That the Vice-President of the United States, the Officers, judicial and executives, of the government of the United States; the members of both houses of Congress, and their respective officers; all custom house officers, with the clerks; all post officers, and stage-drivers who are employed in the care and conveyance of the mail of the post office of the United States; all Ferrymen employed at any ferry on the post road; all inspectors of exports; all pilots, all mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States; and all persons who now are or may be hereafter exempted by the laws of the respective states, shall be and are hereby exempted from militia duty..."
*peculiar wording so I'm not sure what you were saying.
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