When the Constitution was written cannon and warships were privately owned. If the equivalent were true today I'd have a couple of GE mini-guns and a Howitzer or two laying around the house and Bill Gates and Warren Buffet would have a couple of Carrier Batttle Groups between them.
Now if I could just get my CongressCritter to tell me how I could get my hands on some Letters of Marque and Reprisal....
Nice to see you about the board, ma'am.
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LOL. That would keep the trustbusters at bay, I'd bet.