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		The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.175 Adams was thus mindful of the uses of arms (i.e., legitimate self-defense and militia duty) and concerned about misuse for mob action or anarchy.
		Militia discipline to them posed a danger to the individual: [T]he personal liberty of every man, probably from sixteen to sixty years of age, may be destroyed by the power Congress have in organizing and governing of the militia.
		The militia is mentioned only in the eleventh proposal, which would simply provide that its organization, armament and training would remain a state responsibility, and that no militiamen may be forced to serve outside their state of residence.198 The Pennsylvania minority did not similarly neglect the right to arms.
	www.saf.org /pub/rkba/books/jfp5ch03.txt (14599 words)

	Origins of the Second Amendment: The Creation of the Constitutional Rights of Militia and of Keeping and Bearing Arms. ...
		The militia particularly had to be placed on a national footing, with organization, arms, and training adopted to insure uniformity, and regulations drawn for use of the state forces during emergencies.
		The militia clause was moved to the first phrase, and "free country," a neutral term, was dropped in favor of "free state," thereby associating the guarantee with the states.
		The militia bill was reintroduced but was not considered until February 1792 and not passed until May. On May 2 and 8, respectively, Congress enacted regulations to call out the militia to enforce federal law and to organize the train the state forces.
	www.potowmack.org /row11.html (6745 words)

	Senator Bill Morrow - Veterans Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This bill would, beginning with the lien date for the 2006-07 fiscal years, fully exempt from property taxation the principal residence of the unmarried surviving spouse of a person that died as a result of a service-connected disease or injury, as specified.
		This bill would require a Military Housing Oversight Committee to be established for each applicable military facility, which would be comprised of a resident of the facility, the county assessor or his or her designee, and, if applicable, other county officials.
		This bill would appropriate the sum of $190,000 from the General Fund to the Military Department for the purpose of paying those death gratuity benefits, as prescribed, to the families of those members who died or were killed after March 1, 2003, in the performance of duty.
	republican.sen.ca.gov /web/38/News/veterans.asp (2582 words)

	The Second Amendment and the Historiography of the Bill of Rights
		As militia they may be subjected to fines of any amount, levied in a military manner; they may be subjected to corporal punishments of the most disgraceful and humiliating nature; and to death itself, by the sentence of a court-martial.
		The militia is mentioned only in the eleventh proposal, which would simply provide that its organization, armament and training would remain a state responsibility, and that no militiamen may be forced to serve outside their state of residence.
		The militia statement, standing alone, would likely be unacceptable to groups typified by the Pennsylvania minority, Sam Adams and his supporters, the New Hampshire majority, and possibly Jefferson himself, all of whom had advocated an individual right to arms clause and none of whose efforts had so much as mentioned the militia.
	www.guncite.com /journals/hardhist.html (16050 words)

	IT TAKES A MILITIA: A COMMUNITARIAN CASE FOR COMPULSORY ARMS BEARING
		Similarly, considering the prominence given the militia in the Constitution and in its underlying ideology, and the failure to maintain the institution as the country has developed, it is not surprising that intermediate institutions have arisen to fill the vacuum left by the demise of the traditional militia.
		Because the militia clauses of the Constitution seem to limit the militia's role to one of defense, this portion of the act was deemed unconstitutional in a United States Attorney General's opinion which stated that militias could not be sent to a foreign country.
		It was thought that state militia units would be less susceptible to corruption if under federal control than if units remained under the command of "sons of the state." In modern parlance, the states' retention of the power to appoint officers ensured that militias would stay rooted in their community.
	www.guncite.com /journals/dr-commc.html (11150 words)

	The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: The Common Law Tradition
		The old common law custom persisted that when a crime occurred citizens were to raise a "hue and cry" to alert their neighbors, and were expected to pursue the criminals "from town to town, and from county to county." [36] Villagers who preferred not to get involved were subject to fine and imprisonment.
		The militia was certainly of grave concern to members of the Convention Parliament, but this was not because members of the militia had been disarmed.
		The qualifying clauses of the Bill that appear to limit arms ownership were, in fact, interpreted in a way that permitted Catholics to have personal weapons and allowed Protestants, regardless of their social and economic station, to own firearms.
	www.constitution.org /mil/maltrad.htm (10424 words)

	MILITIA NEW'S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This bill must be defeated AT ALL COSTS.
		This is an act of war against the People.
		Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the > Committee on the Judiciary > A BILL > To prohibit the formation of private paramilitary organizations.
	www.logicsouth.com /~lcoble/militia/lmil30.txt (336 words)

	The Second Amendment and the Historiography of the Bill of Rights
		While the militia as an institution declined in Britain during the eighteenth century, 92 it retained vitality in the colonies.
		As militia they may be subjected to fines of any amount, levied in a military manner; they may be subjected to corporal punishments of the most disgraceful and humiliating nature; and to death itself, by the sentence of a court-martial.195
		The militia is mentioned only in the eleventh proposal, which would simply provide that its organization, armament and training would remain a state responsibility, and that no militiamen may be forced to serve outside their state of residence.198
	www.saf.org /journal/5_Hardy.htm (15258 words)

	We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Before the passing of that act, there was only the enrolled militia, which was the body of all able-bodied men between the ages of 17 and 44, inclusively, and it is that militia to which the 2nd Amendment refers.
		To these would be opposed a militia amounting to near half a million citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties and united and conducted by governments possessing their affections and confidence.
		Some states refused to ratify absent a bill of rights, others only ratified because they were promised that the first Congress would pass one and send it to the state legislatures for ratification.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/932410/posts (9068 words)

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