"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the Security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
And what is the militia? The armed citizen of the United States of America.
Who defined militia? That would be James Madison.
Where can you learn about it? The Federalist Papers #46.
"a militia amounting to near half a million of citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties"
" Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation"
"forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of."
" it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned in spite of the legions which surround it. Let us not insult the free and gallant citizens of America with the suspicion, that they would be less able to defend the rights of which they would be in actual possession, than the debased subjects of arbitrary power would be to rescue theirs from the hands of their oppressors."
And what is the militia? The armed citizen of the United States of America.
Who defined militia? That would be James Madison.
Where can you learn about it? The Federalist Papers #46.
"a militia amounting to near half a million of citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties"
" Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation"
"forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of."
" it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned in spite of the legions which surround it. Let us not insult the free and gallant citizens of America with the suspicion, that they would be less able to defend the rights of which they would be in actual possession, than the debased subjects of arbitrary power would be to rescue theirs from the hands of their oppressors."