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Old 06-11-2016, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
Yes, the 2nd Amendment is the militia act. Coupled with Article 1 Section 8, that limits army appropriations to two years duration, the Constitution was designed to insure the militias was superior in combination to the standing army.

It was assumed that with the House of Representatives being elected at two-year intervals, no majority that voted the ruinous cost of a large peacetime standing army would survive the next election. This scheme worked too, until after the Korean War.
It wasn't a militia act and your scheme failed in the War of 1812. The second amendment of our constitution remains in place and is still working as intended.

I like your picture. Just not it's frame.
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